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OFFICE SEEKERS' 

BLUE BOOK 

A COMPREHENSIVE MANUAL OF 

INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE 

WISHING FEDERAL OFFICE 



By WILBUR G. MILLER, LL. B. 



Copyrishted 1913. All ristits reseired. 



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3, 2i S* M. C 



fHE VICE-PRESIDENT'S CHAMBER. 
WASHINGTON. 



At Utioa, New Yori, 

October 18, 1909^ 

Mr. Wilbur G. Miller, 

Jfational Press Club, 
Washington » D» C. 

My dear Mr. Miller: 

Your courteous favor of October 

15, is received. You certainly can refer anybody you 

desire to me, for an expression of my opinion as to your 

work^ My answer to any one who saw fit to use a reference, 

would be that I had known you for many years, and always 

found you a perfect gentleman, courteous in the ex*«^em, 

absolutely reliable and in my judgement exceedingly prdsfic- 

ient in your calling. 




PREFACE AND- 

AN APPRECIATION 



Although th'is is a government of the people, for 
tlie people, by the people, and notwithstanding the 
fact that ^ Vast army of an ever changing personnel 
is employed in the service of Uncle Sam. there has 
Been up to this time no authority upon the sub- 
ject of Federal office-seeking and office-getting. 

There is no reason why this work shall not be 
recognized as such an authority for it is the 
thoughtfully considered and carefully wrought out 
result of many years of close and observant study 
of governmental operation, ten of these years hav- 
ing been spent in the active field of the Washington 
newspaper correspondent, as the representative at 
the White House, and in the Senate for that great 
newsgathering press association, the United Press. 
This book is dedicated to the work of inspiring 
in the hearts of honest, capable men the des'ire for 
office holding, and' also dedicated to the host of real' 
newspaper men — the loyal, untiring, energetic, and 
unsmirched body of workers of wham the former 
President, Mr. Taft, said in part in a recent speech 
in Chicago 

"Speaking from a Washington standpoint, 
the standard of newspaper correspondents at 
the National capital, representing all the great 
(papers and all the great press assocliations. 



is on the whole a high one. Such men, when 
they have established the right to have it, as 
most have done, share the confidence of Sen- 
ators, of the Cabinet, of the leaders of Con- 
gress, and even of the President. And these 
newspaper men are most careful to observe 
the lines which are laid down in these confi- 
dences restraiiming the extent of their publica- 
tion. The amount of information that news- 
ipaper correspondents have which they do not 
give to the public would surprise most men 
not familiar with affairs lim the Nation's 
capital. 

This book does not pretend to say that every 
man who follows its precepts shall secure a Fed- 
eral oflSce, but it can in accuracy be declared that 
the one who faithfully follows the advice laid down 
here has an extraordinary advantage in oflBee seek- 
ing over the applicant for oflice who does not do so. 



CONTENTS 
DIVISION OF FEDERAL OFFICES 

Page 

Definition of the Gifts that Uncle Sam Has 

to Bestow 9 

Federal Classification of Offices and Positions 
According to the Civil Service Coimmission 11 

SECTION ONE. 

OFFICES BY FAVORITISM 

Page 
Patronage Urectly at the Disposal of the 

President ....... 13 

Large Variety of Positions at the Exclusive 

Disposal of Senators and Representatives 19 
Enormous Advantage to One Familiar with the 

Procedure 22 

What "Official Approval" Actually Means . . 23 
Why Presiiidents Recognize "Congressional 

Prerogative" 23 

The First Essential 23 

Other Essentials 25 

Value of Political Influence .... 26 
Blunders that Prove Costly .... 27 
Rules of Procedure Summarized ... 30 
Concrete Instances Showing the Value of Con- 
gressional Endorsement 31 



What tlie Electioa of a Demoersttie Presidient 
Means to the Southern States ... 35 

How Ever-Changing Vacaheies in Offiee? a^fe 
Created 37 

How th« Senate System Has Been Changed 

SECTION TWO. 

OFFICES BY PARTIAL FAVORITISM 

CONSULAR SERVICE. 

Page 

How Appointments Have Been Removed from 

Control of the Sipoilman 4Q 

Purpose and Scope of the Examination — R^ 
quisites for Admission to Examination . . 40 

Sample List of Questions Submitted to Can- 
didates 45 

How the Alert Spoilsman is Still Able to Find 

an Occasiional Loophole 50 

Milk in the Examination — Cocoanut Whereby 

Political Favoritism Can Still Get a Hearing 51 

J'OURTH-CLASS POSTMASTERS. 

Page 

Establishment of a Merit System . . . 52 

Persons Not Eligiible to Office .... 53 

Two Grades of Examinations S© 

Form of Examination, Ratings, etc. ... 57 

Wh€n a Postmaster Can be Removed . . 58 
Regulations for Examinations Issued Under the 

Order of President Taft 59 



SECTION THEBE. 

OFFICES BY THE MERIT SYSTEM 

CLASSIFIED SERVICE. 

Page 

The President, the Alpha and Omega of the 

Civil Service ........ 63 

Policies of McKinley and Roosevelt Contrasted 64 

A Supreme Court Decision, Defining the Presi- 
dent's Absolute Power of Appointment and 
Removal 65 

How the Law Has Provided for an Army of 
Workers 67 

Desirability of Employment and Salary in De- 
partmental Service in Washington ... 68 

Those Debarred from Admission to Examina- 
tions 70 

Exact Text of Rigid Regulatiions Governing 
Examinations 72 

Clerk's Examination is the Basic Test . . .76 

Sample List of Subjects and Questions Pre- 
scribed in a Clerk's Examination . . 77 

High Court Rulings Against Property Right in 

Office 82 

How Well Defined Rulings Give Comfort to 
Spoilsmen 83 

Term— "Efficiency"— as Key to Removals . 85 

One Method of Beating the Oivil Service Rule 

That is Considered Perfectly Proper . . .87 



PATRONAGE SECTION 

SOME OFFICES AT THE DISPOSAL OF 
THE PRESIDENT. 

Page 

State Department . . . . . . . 90 

Information for Applicants . . ... 9& 

Regulations Governing Procedure of Diiplomatic 

Agents 97 

Treasury Department 9& 

Department of Justice 109 

United States District Attorneys and Dates of 

Appointments 11& 

United States Marshals and Dates of Appoint- 
ments , 119 

War Department . . 122 

Post Office Department ... .... 124 

Navy Department 125 

Interior Department . . . . . ; . 125 
Agricultural Department . . . . . 12& 
Department of Commerce and Labor— Terri- 
tories and Interstate Commerce Commission 135 

Miscellaneous . . 13$ 

United States Senate ...... 130 

House of Representatives 139 

Library of Congress . 142 

District of Columbia ....... 144 

Names of Ambassadors, Envoys Extraordinary 
and Ministers Plenipotentiary, Consuls Gen- 
eral, Consuls, etc., and Dates of Appoint- 
ments . . 148 

Popular Vote for President 1912 ... .163 



DIVISION OF FEDERAL OFFICES 

A change of party administration in tlie Federal 
government means that upwards of 10,000 big 
oflSces at. lucrative salaries are at the immediate 
or ultimate disposal of the new PRESIDENT. 

In addition to these offi€es there are nearly 
223,000 positions in the classified service, including 
the 28,000 (persons employed in Panama canal work. 
While these positions are supposed to he absolutely 
protected from the spoilsman many are, neverthe- 
less, open to the manipulation of the wise and 
powerful office seeker and his /Senator or his Con- 
gressman. 

In addition to these there are some 100,000 gov- 
ernment positions in the unclassified service and 
open to favoritism but most of them are below 
PRESIDENTIAL size, yet subject to executive in- 
fluence, if the PRESIDENT cares to exercise it, 
but more properly belonging to the members of 
congress. 

The positions under the class-ified service are 
within the jurisdiction of the PRESIDENT. He Can 
extend the service; he can permit it to remain as 
it is; And he can, if he sees fit, remove as much 
of the classified protection as he desires. To do 
the latter necessarily subjects the PRESIDENT to 
criticism, on the ground that he is not thoroughly 
in sympathy wiitih civil service reform. 

The Democratic party has been in the minority 
since the end of Grover 'Cleveland's administration. 



and the work of filling government oflS^es witii 
Democrats, whiichi was undertaken then with such 
great stubbornness as to almost ruin the administra- 
tion, will unquestionably be revived now that the 
Democratic party is again in control of the White 
House and both hranches of Congress, but it is ex- 
pected that the work of "filling vacancies" will be 
done with greater tact than in those other years. 

There is a slight difference of opinion as to just 
how many federal ofiices are at the disposal of 
the President and how many are under the prO' 
tecting wing of the classified service. 

The civil service commission should be a sufii- 
ciently conservative authority to satisfy the most 
exacting reformer. The figures of the commission 
in their entirety are given on the following page. 

To better enable the unitiated to thoroughly un- 
derstand and satisfactorily analyze the complexi- 
ties surrounding the general subject of federal 
cfilces this treatise is divided into three general 
divisions. 

They are: 

OFFICES BY FAVO-RITISiM. 

OFFICES BY PARTIAL FAVOmTISM. 

OFFICES AND POSITIONS UNDER THE 
MERIT SYSTiEtM, OR THE iCLASiSIFIED SER- 
VICE. 



FEDERAL OFFICES, CLASSIFIED 



(Prepared in the olBBce of the Civil Service Commission.) 



Department and 
Subdivision 


Competi- 
tive Po- 
sitions 


Excepted 

and Ncn- 

Competi- 

tive 


Unclas- 
sified 


Totals 
June 1,191? 


Presi- 
dential 


Total 


<In Washington, D. C.) i 
White House ^ 




32 

64 
36 
24 
5 
25 ■ 
119 
3 


2 

4 

515 

84 

1 

61 

249 


_. 

23 

2 

2 

6 
36 


34 


State Dpt 


173 
6,907 
2,159 
1,085 ■ 
1,591 
4,549 

705 

103 

221 
2,705 
1,806 

555 

178 

445 

128 

130 i 
3,623 


245 


Treasury Dpt 


7,481 


War Dpt— .. — 


2,269 


Kavy Dpt 


1,098 


Post-0 ffice Dpt 


1,683 


Dpt. of Interior 


4,953 


Hospital for Insane 


70S 




77 

33 

232 

2,764 

18 

2 

223 

103 

10 
373 


'""956" 
3 

19 
7 

i 


180 


Dpt. Justice 


239 
237 
45 

87 


1,443 


Dpt. Agriculture 


3,177 


Dpt. Commerce & Labor.. 

Interstate Commerce 

Civil Service 


4,634 
667 

185 


Smithsonian, etc ... 


2 
1 

15 
5 


670 


State, War and Navy 

Isthmian Canal 


232 
155 


Oovt. Printing Office 


4,002 


Tonal 


27.063 


989 


4.751 


1.068 


33,»11 



FEDERAL OFFICES, CLASSIFIED (Continued). 
(Prepared in the office of the Civil Service Oommission.) 

Totals 



Department and 
Subdivision 



Competi- 
tive Po- 
sitions 



Excepted 
and Non- 
Competi- 
tive 



Unclas- 
sified 



June 1,1912 



Presi- 
dential 



Total 



(Outside Washmgton, 
D. C.) 

Treasury Dpt.— 
Asst. Custodian,- etCi___ 

Mint? and Assay 

Sub-Treasury 

Pub. Health & M. H. S. 

Life Saving 

Customs 

Internal Revenue 

Miscellaneous 

War Dpt.— 
Quar. Dpt. (at large). . 
Ordn'nce Dpt. (at large) 
Eng. Dpt. (at Jarge)__. 
Miscellaneous 

Navy Dpt.— 
Exclusive of trade and 

labor 

Trade & Labor positions 

Post-office Dpt 

Post-Offiice, except 4th 

Class Postmasters 

4th Class Postmasters _ 

Rural Free Delivery 

Railway Mail 

Dpt. Interior — 

Land Service i 

Pension Agency 

Indian 

Reclamation 

Miscellaneous _._ 

i)pt. Justice 

Dpt. Agriculture ___ 

Dpt. Commerce & Labor— 

Light-House 

Immigration 

Steamboat Inspection... 
Miscellaneous 

Civil Service 

Isthmian Canal 

Total 

Grand total of table., 
tsthmian Canal Com., un- 
classified and excepted 
working force 



1,871 

680 

3^2 

1,552 

2,246 

6,443 

3,428 

164 

4,542 
3,846 

7,260 
948 



2,833 



415 

70,520 
14.278 
42,430 
17,428 

954 

387 

2,513 

1,564 

540 

606 

6,721 

3,316 

1 ,299 

292 

489 

41 

1,100 



200,594 



227.657 



1,507 

1 

260 

329 

2A5 

1,171 

87 
226 



2,711 

37,009 

1 

123 

25 

4,507 

3,873 

4 

15 
1,345 
2,765 

2,359 

232 

6 

14 



49 



2,077 
130 



142 

2 

719 



2,817 
1,334 

6,087 



1 

25,030 



230 
67 



16,947 



7,994 



14 
13 

733 

5 

12 

6 

418 

1,193 
160 



225 
18 
11 



327 



1.617 



3,993 

875 

391 

3,201 

2,249 

7,652 

3,830 

461 

8,530 
4,817 
13,573 
2.166 



2,835 

25,000 

41P 

98,172 
51,287 
42,431 
17,558 

1,218 
5,015 
7,127 
1,573 
599 
2,284 
9i904 



1,698 

308 

2,128 

41 

1,149 



50,659 



60,089 



9.006 



329,3^ 



60,508 



64,840 



10,064 



363,199 



28,191 



<^rar»d total 



391,3^ 



SECTION ONE 



OFFICES BY FAVORITISM 



CHAPTER ONE 



Patronage Directly at the Disposal of the President 
of the United States. 



Let us revert to tliat important table, which pre- 
sents the matter of governmental employment as 
the civil service commission figures it. 

Take the first column. This is made up of these 
positions to be open for filling only by competi- 
tive examinations under the direction of the clviJ 
service commission. 

The second column are those places outside of 
the classified service, known as excepted and non 
competitive. The third column contitute those 
known as unclassified positions. These are the 
positions that are most likely to be first covered 
into the classified service. 

In other words, accepting the civil service classi- 
fication of offices as heretofore given there are ai 
least 10,064 offices that the President of the United 
States may fill at his own sweet will and 64,840 
offices and positions that he or someone else in 
authority may fill by favoritism. 

You can thus see, when your Senator, or your 

Representative in Congress, or even the Presl- 

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dent of the United States, tells you that there 
are no offices to be filled, or say that the num- 
ber of available positions are comparatively 
few, or that they "don't amount to much" they 
are very much mistaken. 

An important part of the patronage list may 
be summarized fairly accurately as follows: 

Nine cabinet officers at $12,000 each, a total 
money value of $108,000. 

.State deipartment, sixteen persons, $60,000. 

Treasury department, 130 persons, $550,000. 

■Collectors of Customs and assistants, 
$110,000. 

War department, four persons, $15,000. 

iNavy department, four persons, $14,000. 

Interior department, sixty-five persons, 
$180,000. 

Department of Justice, fifty-five persons, 
$200,0'00. 

Ambassadors and Ministers, forty-three per- 
sons, $500,500. 

Post Office department, twelve persons, 
$50,250. 

Agricultural department, twenty- eight per 
sons, $85,000. 

Department of Commerce and Labor, sixty- 
feven persons, $292,000. 

Library of Congress, one person, $6,500. 

Secretaries to Embassies and Legations, 
sixty-four persons, $139,175. 

Interstate Commerce Commission, seven per 
sons, $70,000. 

Government Printing Office, one iperson, 
$5,500. 



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Oommissioners of District of Columbia, two 
persons, $10,000. 

'Library employees, not under oivil service, 
1340,160. 

White House staff, four persons, $48,2&0. 
ilTederal Officials, some outside of Washing- 
ton, including Postmasters, Pension Agents, 
Land Agents, U. S. Marshals and U. S. District 
Attorneys, etc., but not Customs Service, 
$27,000,000. 

In the Diplomatic service there are nine first 
class missions at $17,500 a year each. These almost 
always go to wealthy men because people of ordi- 
nary means could not afford to i^eep up the elabor- 
ate style of living which is required by the social 
obligations the posts involve. 

It is not infrequently the case that an ambassa- 
dor pays for the rent of his house as much as, or 
more than, he gets in salary. 

Seven missions of the second rank are worth 
twelve thousand dollars apiece, and there are 
twenty-nine at $10,000 each. These latter are just 
the sort that most men v>^ould like to secure — nice, 
easy places, at minor capitals in various foreign 
countries, where living is not outrageously expen- 
sive. 

Up to President Roosevelt's term, the consular 
service was open to spoilsman. It held some of the 
most lucrative jobs in the government service. 
Now appointments in this service follow examina- 
tions, the appointee going to the lowest grade, sub- 
sequent promotion to depend upon efficiency. 
President Taft made the regulations slill stronger 
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The power of influence here, as in the Classified 
Civil Service, is not entirely without its potency, 
however, for here, as in all other branches of the 
government where civil service regulations are im- 
posed, preferences are given that defeat the strict 
letter of the civil service law. 

Later will be explained just what means are 
required to legitimately enter the Consular and 
Classified Services, and concrete instances will 
be given to show how the civil service regula- 
tions are defeated when the head of the bureau 
or department in which you wish to get a posi- 
tion is anxious that you shall -get it. 
There are now fifty-seven consuls general draw- 
ins from $3,000 to $12,000 a year and 341 consuls 
at $2,000 to $8,000. 

The heads of bureaus in the department at Wash- 
ington, some hundreds in number, with salaries 
ranging from $3,500 to $6,000, are appointees of the 
President. Furthermore he appoints about 7,0'00 
postmasters of the first, second and third classes, 
who get all the way from $1,000 to $8,000 a year. 

Many of the lucrative government places are in 
the treasury department. There are no fewer than 
125 collectors of customs, not one receiving less 
than $3,000 a year. The New York city collector- 
ship pays $1,000 a montih. At many points there 
is no salary but the collectors are allowed to pay 
themselves up to $3,000 a year. 

There are forty-seven surveyors of customs, who 
get from $8,000 to $350 a year, plus fees enougH 
to bring up the pay to $3,000. 

The seven "naval officers" of customs get $5,000 
apiece. There are nine general appraisers at $7,000 
and sixteen more with salaries running from $2,000 



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to $8,000 and twenty-nine assistant appraisers at 
salaries ranging from $2,000 to i$4,000. 

There are sixty-six collectors of internal revenue 
drawing from a little over $3,000 to $4,500. Five 
superintendents of mints reoeive from $3,500 to 
$4,500 and twenty-eight minor jobs in mints and 
assay offices pay from $2,000 to $3,000 a year. 

There are other splendid positions in the Treas- 
ury department that the President can give to who- 
ever and whenever he pleases. There are three 
assistant secretaries at $5,000 and twentynfive other 
highly attractive positions: treasurer, deputy audi- 
tors, nine assistant treasurers in as many cities 
at from $4,000 to $5,000 and a treasurer for Porto 
Rico. 

The President also appoints surveyors and receiv- 
ers of the General Land Office, agents in the Indian 
service. United States marshals, assistant marshals. 
District Attorneys and Assistant District Attorneys 
and, of course. Federal Judges. 

There are sixty-four minor diplomatic appoint- 
ments of secretaries and attaches at foreign courts. 
They are distinctly ornamental, no work worth 
mentioning being required. Their chief duty is that 
of attending receptions and balls and making calls. 
It is almost an invariable rule that these positions 
go to young men of fashionable, if not rich, fami- 
lies, who secure them through the exercise of social 
influence. Under recent regulations, an attempt 
will 'be made to have vacancies in the position of 
secretary filled from the consular service by exami- 
nations. 

Positions much sought after are those in the 
Becret service, the military cadet at West Point, 
and the midshipman at Annapolis. 



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The Congressman makes his selection for cadet 
and midshipman, but the appointee must undergo 
a rigid mental and physical examination before he 
can enter the military or naval school. The cadets 
and midshipmen "at large" are those apportioned 
to each state and looked upon as the special prop- 
erty of the (Senators. 

Positions within the secret service are under the 
jurisdiction of the chief of that service. All appli- 
cations must be addressed "Secret Service, Treas- 
ury .Department." 

There are offices of United States commissioner, 
chaplains in army and navy and hundreds of other 
ones. Sufficiently extensive in scope is the list to 
please tihe most exacting. 



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CHAPTER II. 



Large Variety and Splendid Character of Positions 

That Senators and Representatives Have 

Under Their Control. 



There are many offices and positions at lucra- 
tive salaries under the exclusive control of Con- 
gress in the U. S. Senate, in the House of Rep- 
representatives and in the Library of Congress, 
in addition to the foregoing offices of Presiden- 
tial size. 

The President appoints the Librarian of Con- 
gress, but has nothing to .do with any other 
position in that institution , except as he may 
desire to exercise it by some expression of his 
•wants. 

There is almost an army of workers there, 
with individual salaries ranging from three to 
four thousand dollars to positions paying $720. 

In the Senate there will be a new order of 
tilings under the recent election, as the Demo- 
crats have secured control of the organization 
of the upper branch. 

Senatorial courtesy at all times prevails, but 
not since the Cleveland administration has the 
Democracy 'been in control of the Senate, hence 
the members of the latter party have been in 
the minority and they have 'had to look to the 
Republican leaders for special favors. 

In recent years a custom obtained whereby 

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■the Republican organization, after placing its 
own "party anembers as comimittee c'hairman, 
turn the list of vacancies over to the Demo- 
cratic leaders, so that the latter could fill these 
positions as they saw fit. That is as much as 
the Democrats got. 

There are upwards of three score or more 
Senate committee chairtnanships. Same of 
them are so important that they require two 
secretaries, one at $3,000 and the other at 
$2,000, and several messengers at $1,200 and 
$900. 

All committee chairmen are entitled to one 
secretary and most of them a messenger. The 
more "courtesy" shown the Senate majority by 
a Senator, the better treatment he gets 
in committee assistants. 

The method of selection of chairmen has 
been for the majority party to appoint a Com- 
mittee on Committees which shall arrange the 
chairmanships and, through the Sergeant-at- 
Arms, assign committee rooms. 

Under a reorganization, the majority party 
selects its secretary, who holds a princely posi- 
tion in palatial quarters and his vast retinue 
of clerks and other clerical help; the Disburs- 
ing Ofiicer; Sergeant-at-Arms, and his office 
force; Librarian; Superintendent of Documents; 
Superintendent of the folding room and a num- 
ber of other excellent -positions. Each one of 
these officials has a large force of clerks, book- 
keepers, etc. Then there is the chief of the 
capital police and his force of men, appor- 
tioned to the Sergeant-at-Arms office. 

The proper procedure to secure one of these 



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positions is for the applicant to secure the 
recognition of the Senator of his state. The 
Senator has entire say as to who shall be his 
secretaries, messengers and stenographer. The 
other officers are apportioned in accordance to 
the respective influence of the individual Sena- 
tors, acting as an organized body. The "good" 
minority Senator always has the advantage over 
the '^partisan" minority Senator In such dis- 
tribution. 

In the House of Representatives the Speaker 
used to be all powerful, having the right to se- 
lect the committees, but when the Insurrection 
started under Speaker Cannon this power was 
broken before Speaker Clark was elected and a 
Committee on Committees now exercises that 
function of selection. In view of the fact that 
the Democrats gained control of the House two 
years ago, the recent ascendancy of the Democ- 
racy will not be marked by many changes in 
the House organization, although many new 
Congressmen will be given places on commit- 
tees and will be accorded certain patronage. 

Both Senate and House have at their dis- 
posal, tihrough the Sergeant-at-Arms, scores of 
positions of pages, at $2,50 per day. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Enormous Advantage in Office Seeking to One 
Who Knows the Proper Method of Procedure. 



In seeking a federal office, that is considered 
patronage of the President of the United States, 
Senator or Congressman, there is a pro'per and 
well defined method of procedure — a know hov/. 

It is beyond question that if a careful inquiry- 
could be made into the reasons for selection, and 
likewise the reasons why certain selections were 
not made, in the federal appointments of the last 
decade, It would be found that the victor knew or 
blundered into the proper method, while the van- 
quished, either not knowing of, or indifferent to, the 
prccedure, violated certain principles which have 
become almost a necessary part of the distribution 
of federal patronage. 

Our government institutions, ibeing conducted 
wholly upon a political foundation, seem to neces- 
sarily require "politics" in the filling of federal 
positions, whether they be for a vacancy on the 
Supreme Court,in the Diplomatic Service, or a va- 
cancy in some subordinate position in one of the 
departments. 

Knowledge of the necessary procedure in office 
getting has frequently overbalanced many disad- 
vantageous qualifications of an office seeker; ignor- 
ance of the same procedure has frequently over- 

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thrown some seeker for office who appeared to 
have every advantage. 

Official approval is an absolute essential to the 
securing of a federal office. This rule should never 
be forgotten. 

It should have no limitation in its application, 
no matter how great the exigencies of a political 
struggle. 

This principal of such wondrous potency is 
known as "iCongressional Prerogative." 

A President of the United States, being the ex- 
ecutive head cf an enormous business corporation 
and necessarily having to depend upon the legisla- 
tive branch of the Government for the general suc- 
cess of his policy, as well as for the country's pros- 
perity, has by long established custom practically 
given over to 'Senators and Congressmen the right 
of recommendation for appointment. 

In very few instances has a President made an 
appointment without such indorsement. The ex- 
ceptions have become historical and merely prove 
the rule, for such an act usually means a conflict 
with the particular Senator or Representative who 
has been, ignored and legislative friction follows. 

Thus it is that this "Congressional Prerogative," 
having been so thoroughly established as a politi- 
cal principal, is the one essential above all others 
in office seeking and office getting. 

Even President-elect Woodrow Wilson, one month 
after his election, while discussing in a general way 
with newspaper men at Trenton, N. J., the subject 
of office g'ving made it evident that those who ex- 
pect to get political appointments from him had 
better not try to manifest their ambition to him 
in person or app^y directly to him in any way. 



24 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

He added that he, of course, expected to take 
advice about patronage and would be guided "in a 
great many appointments" by the recommendations 
of members of Congress. 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Essentials in Successful Office Seeking That 
Are a Part of Recognition of Con- 
gressional Prerogative." 



With this broad principle of "Congressional 
Prerogative" firmly fixed in the office seekers mind, 
let us point out the other essentials, in order to 
make easier the difficult work of securing the in- 
dorsement of a Senator or a Congressman to the 
application of the office seeker for one of the 
federal offices or positions previously named or 
to be found in extenso later on under a separate 
section. 

The office seeker should first select the office 
he desires, if possible. At least he should have a 
pretty general idea of the kind of government work 
that he is fitted for or that he desires. It is only 
occasionally that mem'bers of Congress will initiate 
the seeking of an office for an applicant; but they 
have been known to become very aggressive for 
an applicant who sought some specific office. 
Every public man wants to get his friends in office, 
if they are the kind that strengthen him politi- 
cally. 

Having made the selection, the office seeker's 
next step should be to get in touch with his con- 
gressman. This is most advantageously done by 
the services of a mutual friend, preferably of 

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26 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

some -political standing, in his Congressional dis- 
trict. 

Political influence is necessary to secure Con- 
gressional indorsement. 

It might be well considered the second essential 
'Of office getting. 

It fructifies hope and ambition into realization. 

It not only greases the official machinery, but 
furnishes, as well, the motive power. 

Public men are essentially human and positively 
politic. 

The more popular they are, the greater the lat- 
ter characteristic. They are prompted in their 
actions much the same as would be the man in 
private business, only more so. 

They favor their friends — when it does not in- 
volve too great a personal sacrifice. But as a rule 
the battle is to the strong. 

If but one constitutent wanted an office the 
problem of appointments could be easily solved. 

Oftimes, however, dozens of a Congressman's 
friends or political workers become involved in 
an aggressive and sometimes acrimonious struggle 
for one office. 

Bearing in mind the facts that the future 
success of a Congressman largely depends 
upon how successful he is in distributing fed- 
eral offices with the least friction, it should 
readily be observed by the office seeker that 
a very necessary essential in the matter of 
office getting is to avoid an open contest. 
It is the man who works quietly but determined- 
ly, intelligently and cautiously, who pushes to the 
forefront in a contest. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 27 

The grea,test blunder that an office seeker can 
commit is to begin or join In an open fight. 

The more bitterness in a contest, the more cer- 
tainly are reduced the chances of those who in- 
cite the bitterness. 

The wisest method of seeking an office is for 
a man to secure, through some powerful friend, a 
personal interview with his Congressman. He 
can then give notice that he is an applicant for 
a certain position and that toe will take pleasure 
from time to time, in informing the Congressman 
of the support that his candidacy is receiving. He 
should express the hope that he would have the 
full endorsement of the Congressman. 

Then he should get busy in diplomatically se- 
curing that indorsement by securing others. The 
Congressman will inform the applicant, if the office 
sought is one in which the Senator also has a 
voice, or whether it is one where the Congressman 
has the full say. 

The opening interview may be largely perfunc- 
tory upon the part of the Congressman and what 
is said may have very little effect upon future de- 
velopments outside of forming an impression. 

Results depend upon the tact of the office seeker 
who, observing the rules just laid down, sets about 
to quietly secure all the influential indorsement 
of the people of his district tlhat he can. 

He may feel assured, having once notified the 
Congressman through Influential channels that he 
is a candidate for a certain office, that the Con- 
gressman would not think of disposing of the office 
in question until the applicant had been fully ad- 
vised. 

Many an office seeker, after advising his Con- 



28 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

gressman of his desires permits himself against 
his own hest judgment to engage in a public con- 
troversy or contest over the office. 

Tihis same ill-advised judgment prompts him to 
send letters and indorsements direct to the par- 
ticular department in Washington which has jur- 
isdiction over the oflace he seeks. 
(Such action is a grievous error. 
A Congressman finds no records of appointments 
closed against him at Washington. 

No appointment is made until the particular 
cabinet oflacer calls upon the Congressman or 'Sen- 
ators for their indorsement. 

That being the case no letter or message, 
however confidential, can be filed in connec- 
tion with any application for office without the 
Senators and Congressmen being fully advised 
in regard to the matter. 

You can better understand now "wTiy unlooked 
for results in federal appointments frequently oc- 
cur — why the candidate that seemed to be the 
leading one in an open contest does not get the 
ofilce, and why a candidate who outwardly had 
given no indication of strength, got the "plum" 
that was so desirable. 

In the contest for appointment the filing of 
petitions counts for little. The personal indorse- 
ment of influential friends of the Congressman and 
the filing of letters of indorsement from other 
influential friends is the strongest method that 
should be taken. 

It is the positive influence at home that 
counts in the appointment of a candidate, as 
a rule, and not the display of strength that lie 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 29 

makes openly, or tlie frequency of his visits 

to the Congressman. 

As a general thing federal appointments are not 
railroaded through. 

It is more than likely that the strongest appli- 
cant for an office does not file all his papers until 
shortly before the Congressman decides to take 
up the appointment for action. There is a decided 
advantage in an applicant keeping the source of 
Jils influence under cover as long as possible, ex- 
cept from his Congressman. 

The reason is too obvious to need elaboration- 



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RULES OF PROCEDURE SUMMARIZED. 



The general rules of procedure in seeking fed- 
eral office can thus be summarized: 

Carefully select the office that you want. 

Get influence guardedly; use it intelligently. 

Confer early with your Congressman. 

Avoid the circulation of petitions. 

Press your claims firmly and diligently but 
tactfully. 

Remember that you must have Congressional 
indorsemenit to secure appointment and govern 
yourself accordingly from first until last. 

Avald the rupture of fnlendly relations with 
all opponents. 

Don't harrass your "influence" with needless 
conferences. 

Avoid figuring too prominently in public as 
the principal in a local contest for office. 

Don't be driven into unwise and precipitate 
actions by the activity of an opponent. 

Endeavor to conduct your campaign so that 
you may get the support of an opponent in case 
of his withdrawal. 

Avoid any "brass band" methods. 

The man who makes ,the biggest open fight 
for office fs usually the fellow who defeats him- 
self by the antagonisms he has aroused. 



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CHAPTER V. 

Two Striking Concrete Cases Illustrating the Abso- 
lute Power of Congressional Indorsement. 



(Hundreds of concrete cases might be given 
therein an applicant for office met defeat solely 
beoause he didn't realize what "Congressional pre- 
rogative" was and failed to secure the necessary 
Congressional indorsement. Two instances will be 
cited, they not only carrying the general principle 
hut embodying it to a marked extent: 

A young man of good standing and prominence 
in his locality, aspired to be postmaster. 

He not only had a warm personal acquaintance 
v/)th the President, but stood in the enviable posi- 
tion of being the son of a man who in earlier years 
had hesn responsible for the election of the then 
President to Congress at an extremely critical time 
in the career to the Congressman. 

This fact had been frequently commented upon 
to the young man by the Representative, when he 
was in Congress and long before he became Presi- 
dent 

The aspirant for the Postoffice secured splendid 
indorsements for the position and filed them with 
his Congressman in Pennsylvania. Later it de- 
veloped that this Congressman had entered intO' 
a hard and fast agreement with a Republican 
organization, stipulating that the organization 

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32 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

should have the absolute tdiistribution of federal 
patronage coming under (his jurisdiction in return 
for the support 'by that organization of the Con- 
gressman's candidacy. 

The aspirant for office visited Washington and 
was given an audience by the President, The mis- 
sion was explained and the President declared 
that it would give him ipleasure to appoint to 
office the son of a man to whom he had been 
under such great obligations earlier in life. He 
asked: "Have you seen your Congressman?" He 
was told no. This is the direction that he then 
gave the young man: 

"Call upon your Congressman and tell him that 
it would give me great pleasure to appoint you to 
this office." 
The interview ended. 

The young man failed to realize the significance 
of the advice. The Republican organization in 
question learned of his mission to Washington. 
Before he was aware of it the Congressman had 
gone to a watering resort and remained there 
for many weeks. Another man was appointed then, 
the candidate of the Republican organization, the 
man indorsed by the Congressman. 

In after years the young man, becoming fully 
conversant with the procedure of office giving, 
realized that if he had sought the Congressman 
out directly after the Washington visit and had 
informed the Congressman of the President's 
wishes, nothing would have stood in the way 
of the young man's appointment, for under 
ordinary usage such a suggestion from a Presi- 
dent of the United States is accepted by Sena- 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK, 33 

tors and Congressmen of the dominant party 
as "an executive order" that could not with 
propriety be ignored. 

But a wise President will not violate the 
principle of congressional prerogative. -He is a 
politician too, remember. 



Take another instance: 

A man held the office of postmaster. He had 
been a warm personal friend of President Mc- 
Kinley. The end of his term of office came in the 
following administration. Under the direction of 
the then President, the Postmaster General (the 
postmaster's personal friend, by the way), was in- 
structed to reappoint all postmasters who had 
handled the affairs of their offices with distinction. 
This particular postmaster was so advised and 
after filing his application for reappointment he 
"stood pat," not supposing that the endorsement of 
Ms Congressman was necessary before he could 
be reappointed. The Congressman had other plans 
in view. He also felt piqued over the indifference 
of the incumbent. The case was heU up for almost 
a year following the expiration of the postmaster's 
term of office. Then came the appointment of the 
Congressman's candidate. 

The postmaster was astounded and so were his 
friends. This is the way it happened: 

A few nights earlier in Washington, following a 
pretty stiff poker game, the Congressman of the 
district in which this office was located related 
some of his official troubles to a High Official of 
the House of Representatives. He told the official 
that he was in an embarrassing position; that the 



34 OFFICE SEEKERS ' BLUE BOOK. 

widow of the former President liad been exerting 
her influence to have certain men appointed to 
office. He said that in the one Ohio town in 
question, the postmaster had ignored him and was 
depending upon the widow's endorsement for re- 
appointment and explained that if he were turned 
down, it would humiliate him and weaken him be- 
fore his constituents. 

The high official of the House of Representatives 
informed! him that he need not worry; that he 
should file his endorsement for the post of post- 
master in question and that he, (the high official), 
would lay the matter before the President in its 
true light. 

He did and the appointment of the Congress- 
man's candidate immediately followed. The high 
official of the House knew the principle; even the 
new Congressman had not yet learned his strength. 

The action was in accordance with the well 
established custom that the selection of such a 
federal office holder was one of the official prero- 
gatives of the Congressman, and must be so recog- 
nized, notwithstanding the personal wishes of other 
high officials, when the issue was fully raised. 



The rules laid down for the office seeker should 
never be deviated from, no matter what the pro- 
vocation — ■no matter how great seems the necessity. 

Let him make them his political Bible. 
, He may not get an office by following these rules. 

He can't get an office unless he observes most 
of them. 



CHAPTER VI. 



How the Election of a Democratic President Has 

Given Southern Senators and Representatives 

Their Full Patronage Powers. 



It bas been the established custom, where a 
President is of one political faith and a Con- 
gressman of another that a federal oflace in 
the Congressman's district was taken in charge 
iby the Senator of the State, working through 
the county or Congressional committee of his 
tparty. Then again it frequently happens that 
the Senator of a State is of a different political 
complexion than the President. In such cases 
oflBces which ;by custom are the property of 
ithe Senator become the perquisite of a Con- 
gressman or a number of Congressman, accord- 
ing to the importance of the office to be filled. 

Under Republican administration federal offi- 
ces in the South have been disposed of by 
what is known as the "referee system." Where 
there was a Republican Congressman in the 
South they were given wider latitude than ac- 
corded a Northern Congressman. 

The inauguration of President Wilson will 
again bring fthe South into its own. The 
tSouthern Senator and Congressman of the 
Democratic faith has now assumed the full 
political potency that under many administra- 
tions has only been the fortune of a Republican, 

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36 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

This means for four years at least tlie 
elimination of the negro as a political element 
in the South. During the administration of a 
Democratic President the office seeker South of 
Mason and Dixon's line will set about to secure 
a federal office in identically the same way as 
the office seeker in the North. 

The inauguration of a Democratic President 
means to the Southerner that the rules here- 
with given for successful office seeking apply 
as much to him as to any other applicant for 
a (place on Uncle Sam's payroll. 



CHAPTER VII. 



How the Election of a New Congressman or a Sen- 
ator Brings About Vacancies. 



We have considered at some lengtli the matter 
of federal offices filled by a change in the PRESI- 
DENCY. But the filling of places does not en- 
tirely depend on a change in President. Every 
two years a new Congress comes into existence. 
The appearance of a new face in tlie House of 
Representatives means other new faces in his com- 
mittee force and in federal offices and positions 
outside of the Capital. The number of these de- 
pends upon the political strength of the new Con- 
gressman. But his appearance in the House means 
private life for some of those who have been en- 
joying their pay from Uncle Sam. 

Political changes in Washington ♦in and about 
the Capitol (particularly are almost kaledioscopic in 
character now. Up to recent times there were few 
new faces, political lines having been cast pretty 
evenly. The election of a Democratic Congress 
two years ago carried to private life not only Re- 
publican Congressmen but hundreds of House and 
Capitol employees who had been on the rolls for 
many years. 

By reason of its short life the House of Repre- 
sentatives has ibecome accustomed to new faces 
among employees in committees and elsewhere. 

With the Senate it is different. Up to the time 

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38 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

of the growth of the Progressive theory the United 
States Senate was, as has been aptly said, a mil- 
lionaires' club. The most of the Senators had 
entered the upper body after long service in the 
House. They were familiar with the parliamentary 
procedure of the Senate, which differs from that 
of any other organized body. For this reason they 
recognize the full value of an efficient employe 
to whom long service has given a veritable store- 
house of official knowleidge. The Senate up to 
the time stated disliked changes among the more 
important employees much in the same degree as 
Nature is said to abhor a vacuum. In those days 
about the only changes in the Senate force were 
clerks and messengers brought in by newly elected 
Senators. 

The old order of things in the Senate has passed 
Senatorial courtesy, once known, and once so potent 
in legislation, has almost disappeared. The Sen- 
ate of to-day in many respects is similar to the 
House of Representatives. For this reason there 
will be for years to come more changes in its 
employees than at any other time in its history. 
Younger men are getting into the Senate and 
they are not so dependent upon certain subordinates 
as were the older men. 

So here it is that the Capitol, also with its House of 
Represen'tatives, each body having hundreds of good 
(positions at their disposal, will ever be a fruitful 
field for the man who wishes to secure a little of 
the Washington atmosphere and will be satisfied 
with pay ranging from $900 as a messenger, to 
$1,500 to $2,000 as a clerk of a standing com- 
mittee or from the latter salary to upwards of 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 39 

$5,000 a year for pleasing but exacting but not ex- 
tremely difficult work as one of the clerks of the 
organization of the House or Senate. 

When it is remembered that these .salaries are 
paid to many people who do not really work over 
six hours a day for five days a week and for only 
12 weeks in the short session and approximately 
28 weeks in the long session of Congress, it can 
be readily understood why there is such an over- 
whelming demand for positions at the Capitol. 

Of course in the closing days of a session one or 
both branches may hold long day and maybe night 
session, but including the long hours in addi- 
tion to the number of those stated, it can 
be said that the payment of a good year's salary 
to a man who has only 'to work at the duties a few 
months and the man so employed being permitted 
to engage in other pursuits when Congress is not 
in session, makes the good positions in House and 
Senate of unparalleled attractiveness. 



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SECTION TWO 



OFFICES BY PARTIAL FAVORITISM 

CONSULAR OFFICES. 

CHAPTER I. 



How This Class of Offices Has Been Partially Re- 
moved From the Control of the Spoilsman. 



Consuls and Consular officials present a list of 
offices that has a money value in isalaries of over 
$1,037,000. Previously filled wholly through the 
exercise of influence by members of Congress, 
these offices have been partially protected by the 
erection of a barrier in the form of examinations 
conducted under regulations drawn in accordance 
with provisions of executive order, which did not 
result in the elimination of Influence, but did 
aim to remove many of the objectionable features 
of incompetency and to elevate the personnel of 
the service. 

This test for the admission of persons into the 
service is conducted by a competent board com- 
posed of officials of the State department in con- 
junction with the chief examiner of the civil service 
commission, which holds sessions periodically for 
the purpose of acting upon those idesignated ifor 
examination by the President. 

With a view of impartially ascertaining the fit- 

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OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 41 

ness and eligibility of the applicants and simplify- 
ing the work, it has been provided that the ex- 
aminations shall be the same for all grades, ir- 
respective of that for which the candidate may 
have been designated, and without regard to any 
particular office for which he may have been 
slated. 

The examinations are both written and oral 
and they count equally. The im^portance of this 
to the patronage seeker will -di'splay itself later. 
The object of the oral examination is to de- 
termine the candidate's business ability, in 
which his previous application will be given due 
weight, as well as to determine his alertness, 
genial contemporary, information, and natural 
fitness for tiie service.. Moral, mental and 
physical qualifications, character, address, and 
general contemporary information, and natural 
English, will be fully consideired. 
The written examination will include: 
French, German or Spanish, or at least one 
modern language other than English. 

Natural, industrial and commercial resources and 
the commerce of the United States, especially with 
reference to possibilities of increasing and extend- 
ing the foreign trade of the United States. 
Political economy. 

Elements of international, commercial and mari- 
time law. 

American history, government and institutions. 
Political and commercial geography^ 
Arithmetic, as used in commercial statistics, tariff 
calculations, exchange, accounts, etc. 

Modern history, since 1850, of Europe, Latin 
America and the Far East, with particular atten- 



42 OFFICE SEP]KERS' BLUE BOOK. 

tion to political, commercial anid economic ten- 
dencies. 

Composition, grammar, punctuation, spelling and 
writing will be taken into consideration. 

The regulations require that vacancies in the 
oflBce of Consul-General and in the office of Consul 
above Class 8, shall be filled by promotion from 
the lower grades of the consular service, based 
upon ability and efficiency as shown in the service. 

Vacancies in the office of Consul of Class 8 and 
of Consul of Class 9, shall be filled as follows: 

(a) By promotion on the basis of ability and 
efficiency as shown in the service, of Consular 
assistants, and of Vice Consuls, Deputy Consuls. 
Consular agents, student interpreters and inter- 
preters in the Consular or diplomatic service, who 
shall have been appointed to such office upon ex- 
amination. 

(b) By new appointments of candidates who 
have passed a satisfactory examination. 

The requisites for examination for appointment 
are these: 

Must be 21 and not over 50 years of age. 

Must be a citizen of the United States. 

Must be of good habits and character. 

Must be physically and mentally qualified. 

Must be specially designated. 
These requirements must be fully met in filling 
out the comprehensive form for application for 
examination. As the statement is taken into con- 
sideration in connection with the examination it has 
been deemed advisable to give the questions just 
as they must be answered. They are as follows: 

Name in full. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 43 

Present permanent postoffice address. 

Date and place of birth. 

Married or single. 

Immediate family, if any. 

Name of State of which you are a legal resi- 
dent and the length of legal residence therein. 

If a naturalized citizen, how and when was 
citizenship acquired. 

Describe your present physical condition and 
state where you have any physical defect or 
infirmity. Right reserved to require a medical 
examination. 

At what institution educated? State time 
spent in eacli and general course of study 
pursued. 

What is your knowledge of foreign languages? 

Were you ever in the public service of the 
U. S. military, naval or civil, municipal. State 
or national? Name offices and period of 
services in each. 

Did you resign voluntarily, or were you dis- 
charged from any of the positions you have 
held? 

State fully every kind of occupation you have 
followed, including when amd where you were 
employed; the addresses of the different em- 
ployers; the length of time employed by each; 
salary paid in each instance and the nature of 
the work performed; if an indepentdent busi- 
ness man, the nature of your business; wheth- 
er engaged in export trade; how long en- 
gaged in business; average annual profits. 

Name the competent and responsible per- 
sons who have vouched for you in writing. 



44 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

In order that due weight may be given these 
recommendations, the persons who vouch for 
the applicant's qualification as set forth above 
should fully state the facts which enable them 
to do so. 

To become eligible for appointment, except as 
student interpreter, in a country where the United 
States exercises entra territorial jurisdiction, the 
applicant must pass the examination outlined 
above, but supplemented by questions to determine 
his knowledge of the fundamental principles of 
common law, the rules of evidence and the trial 
of civil and criminal cases. 

Student interpreters take the same course as 
other consular officers, but they must be between 
19 and 26 inclusive, and unmarried, and must 
sign an agreement upon appointment that they 
shall continue in the service for five years, if they 
are wanted that long by the government. 

An average of at least 80 must be attained to 
iave the name certifieid to the Secretary of State. 
Names will be kept on the eligible roll for two 
years, unless 'the candidate has in the meantime 
been appointed or has withdrawn. At the end of 
that period names will be dropped and the candi- 
dates will not be eligible for appointment unless 
upon fresh application, designation and the suc- 
cessful passing of the second examination. 



CHAPTER II. 



Character of Questions Put to Candidates For 
Appointment, at Recent Examinations. 



An excellent idea of tlie difficulties to be over- 
come in entering the Consular Service can be 
gained by a close inspection of the questions sub- 
mitted at a recent examination. 

They form a general basis for study. The ex- 
aminations are aimed to ascertain the knowledge 
of the candidate upon the various subjects and 
nowhere in any of the examinations thus far beld 
has there been discovered the "catch questions" 
so often met with elsewhere. 

First in importance is placed American com- 
merce and resources, then commercial and political 
geography, laws, political economy, etc., in the 
order named. 



U. S. NATURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COiVI- 

MERCIAL RESOURCES AND COIVIIVIERCE. 

I— (a) What is the rank of the United States 
in agriculture, mining, manufacture and merchant 
marine? 

(b) Give the three States which lead in the 
production of each of the following: Canned fish, 
canned vegetables, cotton seed products, silk man- 
ufacture. 

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46 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

2^State some of the requirements for the de- 
velopment of a large foreign commerce. 

3 — iWhat countries are our chief competitors for 
foreign trade? 

4— (Name the principal articles of export from 
Honduras, Belgium, Germany, Russia and Japan, 
and in whose favor is the balance of trade. 

5 — ^Discuss the wood-pulp making industry; give 
various classes of goods. 



POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY. 

1 — Under what sovereignty are the following: 
Sicily, Celebes, New Caledonia, Angola, Ladrones, 
Calcutta, Veracruz, Tangier? 

2 — Name four countries bordering on Austria- 
Hungary, (b) Name two seas bordering on 
Germany. 

3 — Through what bodies of water would a ship 
pass going by the shortest route from New Orleans 
to St. Petersburg? 

4 — What is the principal export of Brazil, Argen- 
tine Republic and China? (b) Name an export 
a ship would carry from Bombay, India, to Dover; 
England. 

5 — What is the greatest copper-producing coun- 
try next to the United States? (b) Coal (c) 
Tin (d) Wheat? 



INTERNATIONAL, COMMERCIAL AND 

MARITIME LAW. 
1 — Dintinguish between a defacto and a dejure 
government, (b) Between Public and Private In- 
ternational Law. 



OFFICE SEEKERS^ BLUE BOOK. 47^ 

2 — ^What is meant by the Common baw of 
Nations? ; 

3 — Define citizenship and domicile, (b) Discuss 
the nationality of married women. 

4 — ^State the Rules of the Declaration of Paris. 

5 — What is the Hague Tribunal and in what 
cases has it jurisdiction? 

6 — Discuss the principles involveil in the Alabama 
Claims, (b) Define Allegiance, Treaty, Bottomry, 
Salvage, Foreign Bill of Exchange, Insurance. 

T^Briefiy discuss the liability of principal and 
agent. 

8 — ^What courses of action are open to the local 
authorities if a person accused of crime seeks 
shelter in the hotel of a diplomatic agent? 

9 — The United States having declared its neutral- 
ity in a given case, may an American citizen build» 
equip and sell a war vessel to either belligerent? , 

10 — Presuming that you are an American Consul 
in a foreign country, what action would you take 
upon hearing that an American citizen had heen 
arrested ? 



AMERICAN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT 

AND INSTITUTIONS, 

1 — ^How is the President of the United States 
chosen, ani what are the constitutional require- 
ments if or eligibility for the office? 

2 — On what occasion does the Chief Justice o| 
the United States preside over the Senate? 

(b) How and for what terms are United 
States Senators chosen? 

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48 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

(d) What power is given to Congress by 
the so-called "elastic clause" of tbe constitution? 

3 — Where, under the constitution, is the ipower 
lodged to 

(a) iDispose of public lands? 

(b) Originate bills of revenue? 

(c) Ratify treaties? 

(d) Make treaties? 

4 — What is meant by 
(a) Western Reserve? 
<b) Patroon Estates? 
<c) John Brown's Raid? 

(d) Nullification Proceedings? 

(e) Resumption of Specie Payments? 

5 — With what historic events do you associate 
each of the following: Seven Pines, Oglethrope, 
Patrick Henry, Phil Sheridan, Dewey, Lun day's 
Lane. 



POLITICAL ECONOMY. 

1 — What are the principal reasons for the de- 
velopment of trade between different countries? 

2 — ^Give four important reasons why gold and 
-silver are used as the basis of exchange. 

3 — Explain the difference between fixed capital, 
and circulating capital 

(b) Between wealth which is capital and wealth 
which is not capital. 

4 — What is meant by the Law of Diminishing Re- 
4urns in agriculture? 

(b) Explain the 'diifference between interest and: 
profits. 

5 — ^^Show why a change in the price of a ^^om'. 
modity will tend to •cause it to seek the best market 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 49 

but a like change in the price of labor will not 
cause this tendency. 



MODERN HISTORY (SINCE 1850) OF EUROPE, 

FAR EAST AND SOUTH AMERICA. 



1 — Oive an account of the causes which led to 
the Panama revolution. 

(b) Of the revolution in Brazil. 

2 — Briefly describe the form of the British 
government. 

(b) Of the German Empire. 

3 — Who were the following and witb what im- 
portant event do you associate each of them: 
Marshal Oyama, Lord Cromer, Stoessel, Alfonso 
XIII, Cipriano Castro, Von Moltke, Marshal Ba- 
zaine. 

' 4 — Give an account of the trouble between the 
Christians and the Mohammedans in Crete and 
its results. 



A 



CHAPTER III. 



How the Alert Spoilsman is Still Enabled to Fincf 
a Grain of Comfort in the Regulations. 



- A careful analysis of these examination questions 
show that they are well within the knowledge 
of the ordinary student or man of affairs. 

Under previous methods the applicants' qualifi- 
cations for fitness were never inquired into. Under 
the present plan, the applicant must have a degree 
of fitness for the post he seeks. 

This has been found necessary because of the 
prominence the United States occupies in the 
foreign field. 

It was discovered that an inefficient consul 
might involve his government into the gravest 
complications with a foreign government. 

This caution, and the necessity of having com- 
petent isubordinates in consulates, has been the 
chief aim of the introduction of the civil service 
into the foreign field. 

Strange as the statement may seem, however, 
there is very little to stand in the way of one's ap- 
pointment as consul if he has the necessary in- 
fluence before the examining board. 

The political milk in this cocoanut is that 
provision of the regulations dividing the marks 
for appointment equally between the written 
and oral examinations^ 

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OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 51 

Let me illustrate: Take four candidates who have 
'been certified for examination. One of them is the 
most desirable, let us say, from a personal and 
political standpoint. 

His written examination stands at exactly fifty; 
so does that of others. 

The oral examination that follows gives the 
judges the widest discretion in their selection 
of the successful applicant. As will be observed, 
the oral examination is to develop the candidate's 
alertness, general contemporary information and 
natural fitness for the service. His moral, mental, 
and physical qualifications, character, address, 
and general education, as well as command' of 
English, will be fully considered. 

So it is that having the broad basis of qualifi- 
cation that a candidate must know some foreign 
language and be reasonably intelligent, the civil 
service regulations of the State department are 
such that no candidate of keen intelligence who. 
can secure good influence need despair of ap- 
pointment if he picks out some good consulate 
held by a man of the opposite party. An im- 
portant provision in the regulations enables the 
advancement of a Consul to a Vice Consul Gen- 
eral. This may be done for a period not to ex- 
ceed one year, whenever the President, in his 
judgment, that "the good of the -service requires it," 
desinates any Consul to act as Vice Consul General, 
Vice Consul, or Deputy Consul. 



SECTION TWO— Continued. 



OFFICES BY PARTIAL FAVORITISM. 

FOURTH CLASS POSTMASTERS. 

CHAPTER I. 



How Presidents Roosevelt and Taft Provided for 
Merit System in Certain Offices. 



With a view to improving the Postal Service, 
all fourth class offices within the territory bound- 
ed on the south by the Ohio river and on the 
west by the Mississippi, were put under the Classi- 
fied Service in the latter days of the Roosevelt 
adiministration. In the closing days of the Taft 
administration All Fourth Class offices were put 
under civil service. 

The regulations governing the appointment was 
amended by Mr. Taft so as to provide that all ap- 
pointments at offices where the compensation is 
$500 or more shall be made from a certification 
of three names instead oi one; known as Class A, 
and' where the compensation is less than $500 all 
appointm.ent shall be made on the recommendation 
of post office inspectors after personal investigation 
in the manner prescribed for making appointments 
in the States of Massacusetts, New York, Ohio 
and Illinois, known as Class B. 

There are upwards of fifty-five thousand fourth 
class post offices. 

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OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 53 

There are many questions to be worked out in 
the matter of these ofl&ces. Owing to the small 
compensation paid it has been fully recognized 
that no exactions shall be demanded that will 
create too high a standard for practical purposes. 
The most important qualification for a man to 
be a fourth class postmaster under the civil 
service regulations is one of good morals and a 
fair knowledge of the Three R's. 

Many fourth class offices are located in a room 
of the postmaster's house and as children are 
usually sent for the mail, the post office depart- 
ment has been given a wide discretion in selecting 
a successful candidate even under the liberal ex- 
amination that has been decided upon, although 
examinations are prescribed for. 

These requirements of office are best set forth 
by the rules governing the examinations as pro- 
mulgated by the Roosevelt administration, which 
are as follows: 

No person is eligible to an examination for 

; fourth class postmaster in the prescribed classes. 

■ fourth class postmaster in the prescribed classes: 

(a) Who is not a citizen of the United 
States; except that where the needs of the 
•service so require applications may be ac- 
cepted from persons not citizens when the 
register does not con>tain the name of . 
citizen. 

(b) "Who is not at least twenty-one ye'^.rs 
of age; except those women who are eighteen 
years or over in the State's fixing their legal 
age at eighteen. 

(cX Who does not actually reside within 



M OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

the territory supplied, except where there is 
not a sufficient number of applicants; but no 
person not residing within the delivery of the 
office at the time of the examination shall be 
eligible for appointment so, long as the register 
contains the name of a person residing within 
the delivery. 

(d) Who would not personally conduct the 
office if appointed. 

(e) Who is physically or mentally dis- 
qualified for the position. 

(f) Who is addicted to the habitual use of 
intoxicating beverages to excess. 

(g) Who has been dismissed from the serv- 
ice of the government for delinquency or mis- 
conduct. 

(h) Who has been discharged from the 
military or naval service for desertion, 

(i) Who has been guilty of crime or in- 
famous or notoriously disgraceful conduct, 
(j) Who has intentionally made a false 
• statement as to any material fact or has 
practiced deceit or fraud in any manner in 
connection with his application or examination, 
(k) Who has within approximately one year 
passed the examination. 

An applicant must 'be vouched for by three per- 
sons who are citizens, at least 21, owners of real 
estate and patrons of the post office named 
in the application, and where application is made 
for appointment at a proposed postoffice the per- 
sons signing the vouchers must indicate that tLey 
live within the territory to be supplied and tl^at 
they intend to patronize the office. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 55 

The signers of the vouchers must also show 
their occupatioms and the estimated value of real 
estate owned toy them. 

The applicant must furnish a map or sketch 
the location of the principal stores or business 
places of the village or town and the present lo- 
xjation of the postofRce (if any) ; he must also 
sihow the distance and direction from the present 
office, if he proposes a change in location, and 
ihe should state the estimated number of families 
who will patronize the office. 

Political and religious affiliations of applicai^ts, 
or political indorsements, will not be received or 
<;ontsidered, but it is 'declared that qualifications 
\and the good of the service ishall alone fgure in 
the appointment and the applicant who attempts 
to exercise political influence may have ihis appll- 
ication canceled. 

After an application has been reviewed the Com- 
mission may, in its discretion, require a statement 
of isuch number of taxpayers who are patrons of 
the office as it deems necessary in any particular 
•case, certifying that the applicant is suitable 
'for appointment and that the place he desires to 
locate the office will be perfectly satisfactory to 
them. Each qualified person may sign such a 
statement for as many of the applicants as he 
helieves to be suitable. 

• No application shall be received by the Commis- 
sion until the examination is announced, at which 
time full information shall be furnished relative 
to the method of securing blanks and filing appli- 
«cations. 



CHAPTER II. 



How, When and Where Examinations Are to be 
Held and the Qualifications Demanded. 



Examinations shall be held only when eliglTDles 
are needed to fill existing or contemplated va- 
cancies; 'Shall be practical in character and so far 
as may be shall relate to those matters which will 
fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the 
applicant; and be held at the most convenient 
point in each county, and be conductedi by the 
local examining boards, except where no such 
body is located, in which case a postmaster or 
other government official may be called to act as 
examiner. 

Two grades of examinations are provided as 
follows: 

(1) For offices in w'hich the compensation 
amounts to $500 or more. 

(2) For offices in which the compensation 
amounts to less than $500, 

Under the first grade the examination shall be 
of an educational oharacter, consideration being 
also given to the facilities to be furnished by the 
applicant to transact postal businesis. 

Under the second grade the examinations shall 
be of a more simple character than required for 
the first grade, the relative standing of those 
eligible ratings to be determined by an investiga- 
tion of a postoffice inspector and based upon the 

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OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 57 

suitability of the eligi'bles with regard to facilities 
to be provided for transacting postal business. A 
report 'setting forth the relative standing and the 
basis upon which the determination is made shall 
be filed; with the papers of the eligibles. 

The rating of papers shall be made in the office 
of the Commi'ssion and a report thereon be mailed 
each comipetitor as soon as possible. 

An average percentage of at least 70 shall be 
required for eligibility except in the case of vet- 
erans who have been honorably discharged for 
injuries or sickness incurred in the naval or military 
service. For such the average .shall be only 65 
and their names shall be placed at the head of the 
register below the names of other veterans, if such 
there be. 

The period of eligibility shall be one year from 
the date of entering the name on the register, 
unless in the meantime it is removed either by 
certification or for some other cause. 

The eligibility of no person shall be extended 
for a longer time, without re-examination, unless 
it appears that the interest of the service demands 
extension of the entire register. 

Certification shall be made from a register as it 
exists on the day that the necessity for the certi- 
fication arises; certification shall be 'made without 
regard to the sex unless sex is specified in the 
requisition, and the person's name that stands at 
the head of the register shall be selected for the 
first appointment, the next highest for the next, etc. 

When a vacancy occurs at a post office the 
sureties of the former postmaster shall be responsi- 
ble for the proper performance of the duties of 



58 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

the office until the vacancy is filled in accordance 
with the regulations. 

Whien the compensation at an office less than 
$500 becomes more than that amount and the post- 
master becomes subject to examination, ^ the in- 
cumbent sihall be given all the rights and privi- 
leges resulting from that examination. 

An important exception to the form of examina- 
tion for the second grade of offices is made in the 
States of New York, Massachusetts. Ohio and 
Illinois, with a view of testing the practicability 
of the two methods for that grade. 

In those States where a vacancy has occurred 
a postoffice inspector shall visit the community 
and select for recommendation from among the 
persons making applications a name for appoint- 
ment. This report, which must t)e in duplicate, 
must include the names of all applicants upon 
simple forms, and when the Post Office Depart- 
ment has approved the report the action with the 
papers shall be transmitted to the Civil Service 
Commission. 

The Post Office Department is given discretion to 
remove and appoint, by permission to direct an 
inspector to make a selection in cases where no 
vacancy exists but in which one is thought likely 
to occur. 

"Regard to the suitability of the applicant and 
his ability to provide proper facilities for transact- 
ing the postal business" shall be the basis for 
selection of these postmasters whose compensa- 
tion amounts to less than $500, and whose offices 
are located in the four States specified. 

A provision of the deepest significance is the 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 59 

regulaton applying to the three classes of examina- 
tions covering the postmasters now under Civil 
service. It permits the filing of evidence show- 
ing the unsuita'bleness of an applicant or an 
eligible for appointment. 

Whenever patrons of an office who are property 
taxpayers submit to the Commission and the Post 
Office Department in duplicate such charges in 
the form of a sworn statement, over their signa- 
tures, and giving specific reasons, the Co^mmis- 
sion is empowered to investigate and if the 
charges are sustained it 'Shall cancel the applica- 
tion, or strike the name from the eligible roll, as 
tlie case may be. 

The receipt of the statement is an autTiorization 
to the Post Office Department to hold up the ap- 
pointment until the inquiry is made. 

The regulations governing the appointment of 
postmasters of the Fourth Class, as given by the 
Civil Service Commission, and as approved Novem- 
ber 25, 1912, are as follows: 

All positions of postmaster of the Fourth Class, 
except in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Porto Rico and 
Samoa, having been by the Executive Order of Oc- 
tober 15, 1912, placed in the competitive classified 
service and made subject to the Civil service laws 
and rules, the following regulations shall govern 
appointments to such positions: 

1, Appointments to offices having an annual 
compensation of as much as $500 shall be made in 
the same manner as provided by the Civil service 
law and rules for other positions in the competi- 
tive Classified service, except as may hereinafter 
be provided. 



€0 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK/ 

2. Appointment to offices having an annual com- 
pensation of less than $500 shall be made in the 
following manner: When a vacancy has occurred 
or is about to occur in any such office, the Post- 
master General shall direct a post office inspector 
to visit the locality and make selection and recom* 
mendation for appointment from among the per- 
sons filing applicatio^ns, such selection and recom- 
mendation to be based* solely upon the suitability 
to provide proper facilities for transacting the 
business of the office. The inspector shall make 
his report in duplicate and accompany each 
duplicate with a list of all applicants. Such re- 
port shall include a statement of the qualifications 
of each applicant and of the reasons for the selec- 
tion and recommendation. The Post Office De- 
partment shall transmit to the Civil Service Com- 
mission one copy of such report showing its 
action thereon. 

3. Whenever 'persons who are property tax- 
payers and patrons of a post office having an an- 
nual compensation of less than $500 submit to the 
Civil Service Commission and to the Post Office 
Department sworn statements in duplilate, over 
their own signatures, that an applicant, an eligible, 
or an appointee is unsuitable for office, giving 
specific reasons therefor, the commission may in- 
vestigate the matter; and if upon the evidence 
it is shown to the satisfaction of the commission 
that, in the case of an applicant or an eligible, 
he is unsuitable for appointment, he shall not 
be further considered for appointment; and if in 
like matter, it is shown to the satisfaction of the 
commission that an a-ppointee is unsuitable for 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 61 

office, he shall be removed after due procedure re- 
quired by law; and the Post Office Department 
shall, upon receipt of such sworn statements from 
patrons, suspend appointment in the case of an 
applicant or eligible to which such sworn state- 
ments may relate until said investigation is made 
by the Civil Service Commission ani reported. 

4. In all cases selection for appointment shall 
be 'made with sole reference to merit and fitness 
and without regard to political or religious con- 
siderations. No inquiry shall be made as to the 
political or religious affiliations of any applicant 
or eligible, and in conformity with section 10 of 
the Civil service act no recommendation in any 
way based thereon shall be received or considered 
by any officer concerned in making selections or 
appointments^ The attention of the writer of any 
such recommendation shall be invited to the pur- 
port of this order and attention hereto shall be 
similarly directed in connection with any verbal 
recommendation. Where it is found that there has 
been a violation of these provisions by any officer 
concerned in making selections or appointments, 
such fact shall be cause for the immediate re- 
m.oval of such officer from the service, and the 
Civil Service Commission shall make prompt report 
of any such case for appropriate action to the 
Postmaster General or, as to presidential ap- 
pointee to the President. The appointment of the 
Fourth Class postmaster concerned, if effected, 
shall be canceled. Persons employed as post- 
masters, of the Pour Class, while retaining the 
right to vote as they please and to express their 
opinions privately on all political subjects, shall 



62 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

take no active part in political .maniagement or m 
political campaigns. Any such postmaster taking 
such part shall be removed from the service or 
otherwise 'disciplined, recommendation as to the 
penalty to be imposed in each case to be made 
by the Civil Service Commission. This section 
shall apply to all offices of the Fourth Class of 
whatever compensation. 

5. A postmaster of the Fourth Class having an 
annual compensation of less than $500 shall not be 
eligible to transfer to any other position in the 
competitive Classified service. A postmaster of the 
Fourth Class having an annual compensation of 
as much as $500 may, in accordance with law and 
the Civil service rules, be transferred to a posi- 
tion of rural carrier at the same post office after 
having passed the examination prescribed for 
original appointment as rural carrier or its equivai 
lent; and he may be transferred under like restric- 
tions to any other position in the competitive 
Classified service after having served three years in 
S'Uoh service. 

6. When the annual compensation of an office 
is ixicreased to as much as $500 the incumbent 
of such office shall be given all the rights and 
privileges of persons appointed) to offices with an- 
nual compensation of as much as $500. 



SECTION THREE 



OFFICES BY THE MERIT SYSTEM 



THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE 



CHAPTER 



The President, the Alpha and Omega of the Civil 
Service Regulations, and Why. 



The President of tlie United States is in reality 
the Civil Service system. There are rules that are 
laid down but he can destroy them if he wishes. 

He should possibly not be held responsible for 
the frequent violations. But the head of this na- 
tion could, if he willed, make the system exactly 
what its adherents desired — an absolute merit sys- 
tem. 

The regulations are exactly what <he wills 
and no more. 

The penalties for violations can be made by 
him as severe or as lenient as he wishes. 

The stroke of his pen — for the "good of the 
service," or in response to a pressing political 
exigency — can undue any previous regulation 
he may have imposed prohibiting the exact 
thing he had just done or that any of hia 
predecessors may have done. 



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64 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

He can by Executive order suspend the opera- 
tion of any regulation, or all of them. 

He can by the same means take into the 
Classified Service all the offices and positions 
under the government, not elective; and he 
can also as easily throw all such places abso- 
lutely at the mercy of the spoilsman. 
He does take into the service individuals and 
classes from time to time, as President iRoosevelt 
did Virith a third of the total number of Fourth 
Class postmasters; as 'President Taft did with the 
remainder and as his predecessors have often done, 
taking in and throwing out. 

And it may be generally said, without any desire 
to fasten responsibility for improprieties upon any 
Chief Executive, that whatever the President's 
spirit in interpreting the Civil Service laws and 
regulations, such is the spirit of his subordinates. 

The Interpreter and the Interpretation neces- 
sarily harmonize. 

The President in all sudh cases need recognize 
no lord or master. It is in this matter truly, 
*' Where Macgregor sits, there is the head of the 
table." 

McKinley was recognized by some as a machine 
man and a spoilsman. During his four-and-a-half 
years ihe suspended the Classified Civil Service 
regulations for the benefit of designated individu- 
als just three times. 

Roosevelt, the champion of Civil Service, sus- 
pended the Classified law over three hundred and 
ten times in individual cases during seven years 
and three months of his administration. 

An interesting ^point in this matter is that one 
of the three exemptions made by McKinley was 



OFFICE SEEKERS* BLUE BOOK. 65 

that of Gifford Pinchot, now Chief Forester; and 
the records of the Civil Service Commission show 
that the exemption was made at the request of 
Theodore Roosevelt. 

Take the law. Section 1753 of the Revised 
Statutes provides as follows: 

"The President is authorized to prescribe 
such regulations for the admission of persons 
into the civil service of the United States as 
may best promote the efficiency thereof, and 
ascertain the fitness of each candidate in re- 
spect to age, health, character, knowledge, and 
ability for the branch of service into which he 
seeks to enter." 

Section 2 of the Civil Service Act provides that 
it shall be the duty of the Civil Service Commis- 
sioners: 

First: To aid the President, as he may re- 
quest, in preparing suitable rules for carrying 
this act into effect, and when said rules shall 
have been promulgated it shall be the duty of 
all officers of the United States in the depart- 
ments and offices to which any suoh rules may 
relate to aid, in all proper ways, in carrying 
said rules, and any modification thereof, into 
effect." 

As to the property right in office. In the case 
of Morgan vs. Dunn, 84 Federal Reporter, the court 
held: 

"These civil service rules, so far as they deal 
with the .'Executive right of removal, a right 
which is but an incident of the power of ap- 
pointment, are but expressions of the will of 
the President and are regulations imposed by 
(him upon his own action or that of heads of 



66 OFFICE SEEKBES^ BLUB BOOK. 

departments appointed toy him. He can ea^ ; 
forc6 them toy requiring obsdiende to them «a 
penalty of removal. But they do not give to 
the employes within the Classijaed Service any 
such tenure Of office as to confer upon them 
a property right in the office or place. These 
rules regulating the power of removal were 
made by the President, and may be repealed^ 
altered or amended at his own pleasure." 
Now let us take up the regular procedure of the 
Classified Service, that is followed when exceptions 
are not made and violations do not occur. 



^ 



CHAPTER l\. 



How th© Law Has Provided For An Army of 
Workers Under a Merit System. 



The last division of government employes con- 
stitutes the great army of workers holding posi- 
tions within limitations of the Civil Service law, 
which requires open competitive examinations for 
testing the fitness of applicants; "and the test shall 
be as practical as the conditions of good adminis- 
tration will warrant." 

The workers number over 250,000 and are of both 
sexes and of most ages from the middle teens to 
very advanced years^ They include all employes 
not embraced in the classes of offices already men- 
tioned, except a certain number who occupy a con- 
fidential relation to the head of the department, 
attorneys and mere laborers and workmen. 

Examinations for admission are held under the 
direction of the Civil Service Commission in the 
different states and territories at stated periods. 
They are open to all persons who are qualified in 
respect to age, citizenship, legal residence, charac- 
ter and health. An average mark of 70 must be 
Obtained in order that the applicant's name may be 
placed upon the books — known as the eligible roll. 
No discrimination is allowed on account of color, 
sex or political or religious opinions. Limitations 
cf age vary with the different services. 
, A decided preference is given to a deserving 

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68 OFFICE SEEKERS^ BLUE BOOK. 

class. 'Persons who served in fche military or naval 
service of the United States, and were discharged 
honorably by reasons of disabilities resulting from 
wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty and 
are released from all maximum age limitations, 
>are eligible for appointment at a grade of 65, while 
all others are obi ged to obtain a grade of 70, and 
are certified to appointing officers before all others. 

Subject to the other conditions of the rules, a 
veteran of the iRebellion.or of the war with Spain, 
or the widow of any such person, or any army 
nurse of either war, may be reinstated without re- 
gard to the length of t-me he or she has been 
separated from the serv ce. 

Further advantage is given in the matter of a re- 
duction of force. The law requires that in such 
cases "there must be retained those veterans who 
may be equally qualified; or widows or orphans of 
the deceased." 

The applications for examinations under this 
favored class should state sufficient of the military 
or naval record to comply With the three require- 
ments, honorable discharge, and for injuries or 
sicliness received in the service. The Commission 
will attend to the rest. The line between classified 
and unclassified laborers is very clear.. Laborers 
who will be required to read and write or to ex- 
ercise skill not possessed by an ordinary day la- 
borer, must not be appointed without examination 
under the rules. 

The salaries for such positions range from $720 
to $4,000. They are located in the various depart- 
ments and in many cases have much responsibility 
of a pleasing character attached. 

Washington workers, of high or low degree, have 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 69 

short hours with observance of all holidays of the 
outside world and many others. The work-day is 
from 9:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m., w^th half an ihour 
for lunch. They also have Saturday half-holidays 
during the summer, thirty days annual leave at 
full pay, permitted full cbservancs of all holidays, 
and in oase of actual illness are allowed not to 
exceed thirty days with pay— each year — but the 
latter absence stands to the disadvantage of the 
clerk in figuring up promotions. 

Age is no barrier, once inside the fold, if a 
slight degree cf efficiency remains, and there is no 
powerful influence demanding a vacancy. 

The Census bureau, figuring accurately on the 
compensation of 185,000 employes, gives this result: 

Males (Females 

Less than $720 28,812 6,519 

Between that and $840 20,331 1,491 

Between that and $900 10,299 242 

•Between that and $1,000 42,486 1,304 

Between that and $1,200 32,696 l,i31 

Between that and $1,400 16,814 1,457 

Between that and $1,600 .... 8,760 * 486 

Between that and $1,800 3,186 152 

Between that and $2,000 2,911 35 

Between that and $2,500 2,305 9 

$2,500 and over 1,872 2 

Those persons seeking to be examined must file 
application blanks. Blanks for the Departmental 
service at Wash'ngton, Railway Mail service, In- 
dian School service, and for the service in the 
Philippines, Porto Rico and Hawaii should be re- 
quested directly of the Civil Service Commission. 
Blanks for Customs, Postal and Internal Revenue 
services should 'be requested of the Civil Service 



TO OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

l)oard of examiners at the oflEice where service in 
sought. 

It is essential to dispatch and accuracy to always 
make the request direct; never to neglect to clearly 
specify what examination it is that is desired; to 
see that the proper postoffice address is given; to 
be sure that the signature is attached and that all 
communications have sufficient postage. It is not 
necessary to enclose stamp for reply. 

At first thought these suggestions appear trivial, 
but when it is known that they are prompeted by 
years of experience of the Commission in dealing 
by correspondence with 50,000 or more applicants 
annually and that thousands of communications 
bearing upon the subject are delayed or lost through 
the carelessness of the sender, their importance 
can be easily recognized. 

As a first aid, it should he understood just what 
is meant by ill health, character and disqualifica- 
tions in examinations. While the Commission is 
given a wide discretion in the rejection of appli- 
cations on these grounds the following defects will 
absolutely debar persons from an examination: 

Insanity, tuberculosis, paralysis, epilepsy, blind- 
ness, total deafness, loss of speech, loss of an arm 
or leg, badly crippled hand, foot, arm or leg, heart 
disease, locomotor ataxia, cancer, Bright's disease 
and diabetes. 

No person is eligible to an examination: 
Who is not a citizen of the United States. 
Who is on the date of examination below 
the minimum or more than one year over the 
maximum age limitation prescribed for the ex- 
amination for which he applies. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 71 

Who is addicted to the habitual use of in- 
toxicating 'beverages to excess. 

Who has within approximately one year 
passed an examination for the same or similar 
position covered by the examination. 

Who is enlisted in the United States army or 
navy and has not secured permission from the 
Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy. 

Who has been dismissed from the public ser- 
vice for delinquency or misconduct within one 
year preceding the date of application. 

Who has failed after probation to receive 
appointment to the position for which he again 
applies within one year from the date of the ex- 
piration of his probationary service. 

Who has made a false statement in his appli- 
cation, or has been guilty of fraud or deceit in 
any manner in connection with his application 
or examination. 

Who has been guilty of crime or infamous or 
notoriously disgraceful conduct. 
^ Who has been discharged from the military 
ot naval service for desertion. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Rigid Regulations Governing the Examination 
For Admittance Into the Classified Service. 



The 'basic test is the Clerks' Examination. The 
Instructions to coimpetitors and the list of questions 
recently given at an exam'nation, and never be- 
fore permitted to become public, are therewith re- 
produced as illustrative of exactly the scope of in- 
formation, one must have to get their names on 
the eligible rolls, if the position is not one requir- 
ing technical knowledge, such as bookkeeping, en- 
gineering, farming, etc. In such cases, examina- 
tion upon those subjects is demanded. 

The rigid regulations governing the examinations 
are considered a test in themselves. The instruc- 
tions to competitors are as follows: 

Five consecutive hours are allowed for this ex- 
amination, which comprises this preliminary sheet, 
4 numbered siheets, and the "Last Sheet" or sheet 
of Personal Questions 

Time consumed in filling Personal Questions will 
not be considered. Be certain that all the sheets 
are issued to you. 

Do not write on this sheet, except to note the in- 
formation required In the above blanks, or soil it 
in any way. At the close of the examination It 
should be given to the examiner. 

1. Your examination number will he found on 

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the upper right.liand corner of the declaration 
sheet which will be given you. Write this number 
in its appropriate place on this sheet for use on 
each sheet of the examination. 

2. See that each sheet received by you per 
tains to the kind of examination which you are 
taking, and take care that you do not omit any 
of the sheets. Competitors are held responsible 
for errors and ommissions. 

3. Note in the proper blank spaces the name of 
the examination, tlie place and date of the examin- 
ation, the examination number, and the time of 
commencing and completing each examination 
sheet. 

4_ You are not limited in time on any sheet, 
but you should gauge your work so as to complete 
the examination within the prescribed limit of 
time. Tim^e is reckoned from the moment of re- 
ceiving the first examination sheet. No allowance 
will be made for time lost in or out of the ex- 
amination room. 

5. Do not leave the room, if possible to avoid 
it. with a sheet before you unfinished, for if you 
do the sheet will be taken up and will not be re- 
turned to you. A competitor in an examination of 
five hours or less is not allowed to leave the room 
until he has finished his examination, except in 
case of extreme necessity. No competitor shall 
leave the room at any time without the permis- 
sion of the examiner. 

6. 'Read carefully the printed instructions on 
each sheet before commencing work thereon. 

7. If necessary, the back of a sheet may be 
used to complete your work, unless directions to 
the contrary are printed on the sheet. 



74 OFFICE SEEKERS ' BLUE BOOK. 

8. An examination sheet spoiled hj you cannot 
be exchanged for another of the same kind. 

9. Perform all work on each examination sheet 
with ink. 

10. Pencil and scratch paper may he used in 
preliminary work, except in the spelling exercises, 
which must be written with ink directly on the 
examination sheet from the dictation of the ex- 
aminer. 

11. Use no scratch paper except that furnished 
by the examiner in charge and, on completing an 
examination sheet, hand him the scratch paper 
pertaining to that sheet. Have all your work com- 
plete on the examination sheet, 'however, as the 
scratch paper is collected, not for consideration 
in the marking, but for destruction. 

12. No helps of any kind are allowed. Before 
the examination is commenced, hand to the ex- 
aminer any written or printed matter that you may 
have which might, if used, aid you in your work. 
Do not make a copy of any of the questions to be 
taken from the examination room. 

13. All conversation or communication between 
the competitors during the examination is strictly 
prohibited. 

14. CAUTION— Every competitor Is cautioned 
not to attempt to copy from the work of any other 
competitor nor to permit any competitor to copy 
from his work op look over the sheets in his pos- 
sessiion All work, as soon as written, should be 
carefully covered with a blotter or turned over as 
the sheets are completed. Evidences of copying or 
collusion in an examination may result in the can- 
cellation of the examination papers and in debarring 
those guilty from all future examinations. 



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15. All necessary explanations will be made to 
the whole class. Examiners are forbidden to ex_ 
plain the meaning of any question or to make any 
remarks or suggestions that may assist in its so- 
lution. 

16. No unnecessary delay will occur in marking 
your papers, and you will be notified of your stand- 
ing, wthether you pass or fail, as soon as your 
papers are marked. You are requested not to in- 
crease the labors of the Commission by making 
inquiries in regard to your standing. 

17. In rating the element of time a credit of 
70 will be given if the examination is completed 
in the maximum of 5 hours allowed. !For each 
interval of 5 minutes less than the maximum time 
a credit of 1 in addition to 70 will be given. For 
completing the examiaiation in 2i^ hours or less 
the maximum rating of 100 will be given^ No 
credit will be given for time unless the average 
percentage on the remaining subjects is at least 70. 



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CHAPTER IV. 



The Basic Test For Admission to tiie Service is the 
"Clerks' Examination." 

The form of examinat-ons has been at. timrs 
sharply critioized. There is an 'ini'pression that 
the Commission has gone somewhat far afield in 
preparing educational tests for admission to the 
end that they tended to (xcluda deserv'ng persons 
from the service by demanding a rigid high school 
or colleg.ate qualifications in one whose duties 
would require knowledge much less technical. 

This has been the general compla'nt of a class 
of people outside of the class of spoilsmen but not 
entirely disinterested from the political viewpoint. 

Be that as it may, the general scholastic sub- 
jects of ma^y examinat'ons, such as spelling, arith- 
metic, letter- writing and copy ng, are cf three 
grades or degrees of dfficulty, known as First, Sec- 
ond and Third s-r"de?^ — the First being the most 
difficult aTid the Third grade the least d fficult 

The subjec'-s are gven relative weights accord- 
ing to their importance, in each examination. These 
weights represent the value of each subject in the 
whole examination. 

First Grade subj^'cts — 

Spelling: Twenty words of more than average 
difficulty. 

Arithmetic: Fundamental rules, fractions, per- 

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centage, interest, discount, analysis and statement 
of simple accounts. 

Penmanship: : Marked on legibility, rapidity, 
neatness and general appearance. 

LeLter-wrxting: Test in tha use of tlie English 
language for business •correpondence. 

Copying from Rough Draft: Test in copying from 
draft of manuscript, with interlineations, erasures, 
misspelled words, errors in syntax, etc., of which 
a smooth, corrected copy is to be made. 

Second Grade — 

Spelling: Twenty words of average difficulty in 
common use. 

Arithmetic: Embraces addition, subtraction, mul- 
tiplication and division of whole numbers and com- 
mon and decimal fractions. 

Letter-writing and Penmanship, as in First Grade. 

Copying from (Plain Copy: An exact copy of a 
few printed lines, in candidates handwriting. 

Third Grade — 

Spelling: Twenty simple words in ordinary use- 
Arithmetic: Embraces addition, subtraction, mul- 
tiplication and division of whole numbers and of 
United States money. 

•Letter-writing and Penmanship, as in First 
Grade; Copying, as in Second Grade. 

SAMPLE QUESTIONS. 
First Subject — Spelling. 

D-ctated by the examiner; words written in the 
proper b!ank spaces; must be commenced with 
capital letters. The examiner pronounces each 
v\^ord and gives the d finition, but the competitor is 
only required to write the word pronounced. 



78 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK 

Cylinder — A long, round body. 
iPromisEory — Containing a promise, 
(Essential — ^Necessary or ind-spensable. 
Discernible — Apparent or visible. 
Opportunity — ^A fit or convenient time. 
Deceitful — False or tricky. 
Deference — ^Respect or regard. 
Insertion — ^^The act of placing in. 
iFacilitate — To facilitate business- 
Schenectady— A city of the United 'States. 
Adjacent — Lying near or bordering on_ 
Souvenir — ^A token of remembrance. 
Conceding — Yielding or giving up a point. 
(Lineage—Line of descent or ancestry, as of T-oyal 
lineage. 

Deleterious — Harmful or injurious, as deleterious 
to health. 

Horizontal — On a level. 

Patrimony — ^An estate inherited from one's father. 

Certificate — ^A written testimony, as a marriage 
certificate. 

Reservoir — ^A place of storage, as, a water reser- 
voir. 

Privilege — ^A right, as the privilege of voting. 
Second Subject — Arithmetic. 

N. B. — In solving problems the processes should 
be not merely Indicated, but ALL THE FIGURES 
necessary in solving each problem should be GIVEN 
IN FULL on this sheet- The answer to each prob- 
lem should be indicated by writing "Ans." after it. 

If more space is required use back of this sheet, 
numberting work to correspond with number of 
question. 

Question 1. Add the following numbers across. 



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placing the totals in the spaces provided, and find 
the grand total: 

Totals. 

$98,765 I $8,642 I $975 | $ 

7,327 J 8,631 | 6,622 | 

86,429 I 3,326 | 735 | 

3,172 I 79,107 I 46,353 | 

43,538 I 6,355 | 45,974 | 

19,828 I 8,562 | 8,754 | " 

469 i 260 1 185 I 

34,489 I 8,235 I 35,625 | 

i)3,156 j 775 I 82,2i80 | 

7,876 I 6,534 | 36,857 | 

6,890 I 47,379 | 618 | 

90,264 I 9,257 \ 4,268 | 



Grand total | $ 

Question 3_ It is desired to complete a certain 
T^ork in 51 days. If 60 men complete 2-5 of the 
work in 24 days, how many additional men must 
be employed to complete the rest of the work in 
the remaining 27 days? 

Question 4. The taxable property in a certain 
town amounts to $2,250',000.. Ten per cent of the 
taxes can not be collected and the cost of collect- 
ing is 2% of the amount collected. What per cent 
must be levied so that $3,969 net may be realized 
from the taxation? 

Question 5. During the month of February, 1904, 
Jones & Co. had the following transactions with 
John iMott: Feb. 1, they owed Mott on account 
$419.76. Feb. 2, they gave him their note due in 
6 mo- for $800, receiving credit for its face value 
less a discount of $24. Feb. 4, he sold them 2,648 
lb. pork at 12 1/^ ct. per pound. Feb. 5, they bought 



80 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

of him 216 bu. wheat at 97 1^ ct. per bushel. Feb. 
12, he sold them 65,850 tricks at 80 ct. per hun- 
dred. !Feb. 16, they transferred to him by indorse- 
ment a note given them by John Dun, face of note 
$?,800; accrued interest to date, $84. Feb. 23, he 
bought of them 5,450 lb. pork at l'2i/^ ct. per pound, 
agreeing to pay freight also at 8 ct. per 100 lb., the 
freight to be prepaid by Jones & Co^ 

Make in the form below an itemized statement 
of the above account as it should appear taken from 
the books of Mott; make a proper heading; close 
the account; and bring down the balance as it 
should 'have appeared Mar. 1, 1904. 
Third Subject — Penmanship. 

N. B. — ^^The mark on penmanship will be deter- 
mined by legibility, rapidity, neatness, and general 
appearance, and by correctness and uniformity in 
the formation of words, letters, and punctuation 
marks in the exercise on this sheet. 
Fourth Subject-^Letter-Writing. 

Write in the space below a letter of not less 
than 150 words, giving your opinion and your reas- 
ons therefor, on one (and cnly one) of the follow- 
ing subjects: 

1. Whether a government may be justified in the 
payment of a ransom for persons captured for the 
purpo~e of extorting such payment. 

2. Whether the higher education of women tends 
to destroy their desire for home life. 

TO THE COMPETITOR.— The letter must be 
dated at the place where the examination is held, 
and be addressed to the "United States Civil Ser- 
vice Commission, Washington." The competitor 
must avoid allus'on to ' his polit'cal or religious 
Opinions or affiliations. The examination number. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 81 

and not the name of the competitor, must be used 
for a signature to the letter. 

This exercise is designed chiefly to test the com- 
petitor's skJl in simple English composition. In 
marking Hhe letter, its errors in form and address, 
in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, syntax, and 
style, and its adherence to th3 subject, will be 
considered. 

One of the valuable publications issued by the 
Commission for the benefit of those desiring to en- 
ter the Classified Service is a "Manual of Examina- 
tions." It is for free distribution and has been pre- 
pared with especial reference to furnishing all the 
information bearing upon the subject. 

It is revised semi-annually to January 1 and July 
1. The former contains among other things the 
schedule of Spring examinations and that for July 
those to be held in the Fall. It presents a minute 
explanation of all details essential to those desiring 
admission to the Class fied Service in the regular 
way, no matter what the character of the position 
sought, lit should be made a part of this treatise 
on how to get employment under Uncle Sam. 



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CHAPTER V. 



The Law as Interpreted by the Courts in Certain 
Actions Gives No Property Rights in Office. 



What the Classified Service is, and the steps 
necessary to become enrolled on the Eligible List, 
-has been set forth accurately and at great detail. 

Unless an applicant be given temporary em- 
ployment of a month or two, which the law per- 
mits, the only regular way of securing a position 
inside of the Classified Service is by the competi' 
tive examination method. 

The great violations of the Civil service law 
come after the applicant is placed upon the rolls 
for selection. The opportunities for the practice 
of favoritism are greater where one takes the ex- 
aminations "understandingly." 

At stated intervals examinations are held in 
various portions of the United States, in Federal 
buildings under Civil service authority and super- 
vision. A certain grade 'must be reached before 
one can even get upon the EligiTjle List. This 
list is one used from which selections are made. 
It is in the hands of the Civil Service Com- 
mission. 

When a bureau chief at Washington, for in- 
stance, -desires to fill a vacancy in the Classified 
Service, or fill a position newly created by Congress 
in the same service, he calls upon the Civil Serv- 

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Ice Cammission to supply his need. The com- 
mission selects three names on the Eligible 
List standing highest, under the qualifications re- 
quired in the position to be filled. The bureau 
chief can select any one he prefers. 

He can reject the entire list and call for three 
more names from which to make a selection. 

It is in this method of selection, and in the 
requirements demanded by the bureau chief, that 
makes evasions of the civil service law possible. 

Evasions of the civil service law, with a view 
of pushing favorites into the Classified Service, 
and advancing them contrary to the principle of 
merit upon which the Classified Service is found- 
ed, can be better understood when it is remembered 
that distribution of Federal patronage is considered 
necessary by Congressmen and Senators for their 
political existence. 

The only evasion of the law that cannot be ac- 
complished with direct certainty is the immediate 
selection by a Congressman or Senator of the one 
he has chosen to fill a certain position in the 
Classified Service. 

This placing of a favorite requires some manipu- 
latton, depending largely upon the importance of 
the position. 

A civil service enthusiast looks upon these 
evasions as violations of law. The Senators and 
Congressmen and bureau chiefs as a rule are 
practical politicians. They consider the Civil 
Service Commission somewhat in the light of an 
ofiicial hindrance to good government, as they 
view it. 

Openly, public officials praise the merit system 



84: OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

but in practice they admire it only so far as it 
keeps away undesirables and permits the placing 
of these chosen by official linfluence for a place. 

There is a continual conflict between the Civil 
Service Commission and Congress over the filling 
of positions in the Classified Service. 

The more determined a merit man on the Civil 
Service board, the more difficult it is for the 
violation of the regulations; and contrawise, the 
more lenient the Civil Service Commission is in its 
interpretations of the regulations the easier it is 
for evasions to be practiced successfully. 

Even Cabinet officers have been known to vio- 
late well-defined regulations. 

This is because the courts have repeatedly held 
that there is no property right in such a position. 
Just as a Preident can call for the resignation of 
an officer whom he has appointed, so can a bureau 
chief declare a place in the Classified Service 
under his jurisdiction vacant if he complies with 
the practice provided in such cases, which demands 
serving of notices, etc. 

The decision of the Supreme Court in the case 
or Morgan vs. Dunn, referred to elsewhere, estab- 
lished the legal right of removal from office. Ther& 
have been repeated decisions since by the Attorney 
General and by the Civil Service Commission itself. 

This is the milk in the Civil Service cocoanut: 
"No law or rule requires an appointing 

officer to appoint or retain in the service a 

person who is lacking in the character and 

fitness that the service requires." 

— Civil Service Commission. 
"The power of removal is absolutely in the 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 85 

discretion of a head of a department, with 
the exception of a restriction against such 
removal because of failure to perform political 
•services or pay assessments. No notices are 
required as a condition precedent to the ex- 
ercise but the case shall be stated in writing 
and filed." 

— Civil Service Commission. 
"He (the appointing oflBcer) is the sole judge 
of the qualification of his subordinates, and 
the question whether such cause exists as re- 
quires removal for the efficiency of the service 
is for him to determine. The Commission has 
no power to review his findings in this respect 
•save to see that the procedure required by the 
rule lis carried out, that removals are not made 
for political or religious reasons, and that like 
penalties are imposed for like offenses." 

— Civil Service Commission. 
The right to promote can properly be considered 
but an incident of the power to appoint and re- 
move. The same absolute power must exist to 
decide upon qualifications for advancement, as to 
determine the qualifications necessary for ap- 
pointment or removal. 

The term "efficiency of the service" may cover a 
multitude of spoils ideas, and to correctly para- 
phrase the Commission, language, it "has no power 
to review" the finding^ 1 

Frankly stated, the only hope for "a square deal" 
by the government clerk in the Classified Service 
is almost entirely dependent upon the justness of 
his superior; in case, his position is assailed by 
Congressional power. The fact that thousands 



86 OFFICE SEEKERS^ BLUE BOOK. 

of persons have held their positions for a decade 
or more affects this only in demonstrating that 
the superior officer was just or that the attack- 
ing influence lacked the requisite power. 
President Roosevelt's Attorney General held: 

"An appointee's fitness, capacity and atten- 
tion to his duties are questions of discretion 
and judgment, to be determined by the su- 
perior officers, and such questions are beyond 
the jurisdiction of any court." 
Preident Roosevelt's Attorney General held: 
— ^Attorney General Bonoparte, 
September, 1907. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



One Method For Defeating the Civil Service Regu- 
lations That Works to Perfection. 



It is little wonder that with the courts deciding 
that there is no property right in Federal offices, 
and many men in Congress striving to break down 
certaiin of the Civil service barriers, that subordi- 
nate officials in the service both in Washington 
and outside of the National Capital, yield to 
certain blandishments of political influence that 
placed them in office and from time to time are 
able to successfully outwit the vigilance of the 
Civil Service Commission. 

There are many ways in which the regulations 
are temporarily evaded. Favored ones outside of 
the service are placed upon temporary rolls. Some 
times an order is secured covering them into the 
Civil service. Often other methods have to be 
resorted to. 

One of the most successful methods for securing 
a good position for one whose name is enrolled on 
the eligible list is through the "special qualifica- 
tion" provision of the Civil service examinations. 

Almost overy applicant for an examination is 
asked to note any special qualification he or she 
may have at the time of taking the examinations. 

The wise candidate fills out this -provision with 

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88 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

scrupulous regard to noting what he is capable of 
doing, or what special knowledge he possesses aside 
from the requirements of the examination that he 
is taking. 

For instance, one taking what is known as the 
"clerk's examination" might be able to record that 
he could write French, or German, or Spanish, or 
some other language; that he understood 
telegraphy; that he was a stenographer or expert 
typewriter; that he understood bookkeeping, or 
bookbinding, or was an engrosser, or had a knowl- 
edge of botany, or had any one or more of a 
number of special accomplishments. 

These qualifications become a matter of recora 
in a card index system maintained by the Civil 
Service Commission. 

Maybe the individual having one or more of them 
was far down on the eligible list and under ordi- 
nary procedure might not be called to a position 
for a year, or maybe longer. 

But the "special qualification" has laid the 
groundwork for evasion of the Civil service regula- 
tions, although under the guise of a strict observ- 
ance of them. 

To illustrate: Suppose that James Smoothboy 
has taken the clerk's examination and passed. One 
of his special qualifications was that of being an 
expert draughtsman. He stands far down on the 
list. Soon comes a. call from a bureau chief for 
a clerk who is an expert draughtsman. The 
chance.«? are that James Smoothboy is one of the 
three names sent by the Civil Service Commission 
to the bureau chief, according to regulations, from 
which to onake his selection. If James has undeiv 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 8^ 

stood his lessons well he will record a special 
qualification that is not an ordinary one, thus de- 
creasing the possibility of sharp competition. 

Under the regulations the bureau chief is per- 
mitted to reject the first three names and call for 
a second list, in case he is not satisfied. 

If you have followed this closely you will have 
observed that if the competitor at a Civil service 
examination takes full advantage of the possibility 
given him by the Commission, and lays the proper 
basis he can then get busy after his name is 
placed on the eligible list and by securing Uie 
proper influence he may in reasonably short time 
be drawing a goodly stipend from Uncle Sam. 

This method of evading the Civil service regu- 
lations is looked upon as very satisfactory and 
liighly respectable for it seemingly conforms strictly 
ta all the regulations. 



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PATRONAGE SECTION 



OFFICES AT DISPOSAL OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 



STATE DEPARTMENT. 

Secretary of State, $12,000. 

First Assistant Secretary, $5,000. 

Second Assistant Secretary, $5,000. 

Third Assistant Secretary, $5,000. 

Assistant Solicitors, two, $3,000 each. 

Dispatch Agents, New York and London, $2,000 
each. 

U. S. and IVIexican Water Boundary Commissioner, 
$3,000; consulting engineer, $3,600. 

U. S. Court for China, Judge, $8,000, district at- 
torney, $4,000; clerk, $3,000; marshal, $3,000. 

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE. 

Ambassadors, $17,500 each:— 

Vienna, Rio de Jandjiro, Paris, Berlin, St. Peters- 
burg, London, Rome, Tokio, City of Meixco, Con- 
stantinople. 
Envoys Extraordinary, Etc: — 

At $12,000 each:— 

The Hague, Luxembourg; Netherlands, Buenos 
Ayres, Brussels, Madrid, Pekin, Havana. 
At $10,000 each:— 

Copenhagen, Santo Domingo, (Also Con. Gen).; 
Quito, Ecuador, Athens, Greece, Guatemala, Port au 
Prince, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Athens, Montene- 
gro; Tangier, Morocco; La Paz, Bolivia; Caracas, 

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Venezuela; Monte Vildeo, Uruaguay; Stockholm, 
Berne, Switzerland; Bankkok, Siam; Bucharest, 
Bulgaria; (Also Dip. Agt.); Bogota, Columbia; 
San Jose, Costa Rica; Managua, Nicarague; Chris^ 
tina, Norway; Panama, Monte Video,> Paraguay; 
Lima, Peru; Bucharest, Roumania; Bucharest, 
Servia; Teheran, Persia; Lisbon, Portugal; San 
Salvador. 
At $5,000: — 

Monrov^ia, Llbei<ia, (Minister Resident and Con. 
Gen.) 
At $6,500:— 

Cairo, Egypt; (Agent and Con. Gen.) 
Consuls-General at Large, $5,000 each:^ 

For North America, including Mexico and Bar* 
muda. 

For Eastern Asia, including the Straits Settle- 
ments, Australia, Oceanica, and the islands of the 
Pacific. 

For South America, Central America, the West 
Indies and Curacoa. 

For Europe, Russia, the Balkans, Greece, Asiia 
Minor, Persia, India, (as far as the western frontier 
of the Straits Settlements), and Africa. 

For Europe, excepting European Russia, the Bal- 
kan States and Greece. 

Consuls-General:— 

Class 1, $12,000 each: — 

London, Paris. 
Class II, $8,000 each: — 

Berlin, Havana, Hamburg, Hongkong, Shanghai, 
Rio de Janeiro. 
Class III. $6,000 each: — 

Calcutta, Cape Town, Constantinople, Mexico City, 
Montreal, Ottawa, Vienna, Yokohoma. 
Class IV, $5,500 each: — 

Antwerp, Barcelona, Brussels, Canton, Frankfort, 
Marseilles, Moscow, Panama, Rotterdam, Seoul, 
Sydney (Australia), Tientsin. 
Class V, $4,500 each: — 

Aukland, Coburn, Hankow, Beirut, Dresden, Muk- 
den, Boma, Genoa, Munich, Buenos Ayres, Guaya- 



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quil Singapore, CalJao, Halifax, Vancouver, Winni- 
peg, Zurich. 
Class VI, $3,500 each: — 

Adis Ababa, Bogota, Budapest, Guatemala, Lis^ 
bon, IVIonterey, Smyrna, Stockholm, Tangier. 
Class VII, -3,000 each:— 

Athens, Christiansi, Copenhagen. 

CONSULS. 

Class I, $8,000 each: — 

Liverpool. 
Class II, $6,000 each: — 

Manchester. 
Class III, $5,000 each: — 

Amsterdam, Bremen, Belfast, Dawson, Havre, 
Johannesbur, Kobe, Lourenco Marquez, Lyons. 
Class IV, $4,500 each: — 

Amoy, Foochow, Nottingham, Birmingham, Glas- 
gow, St. Gall, Cheefo, Kingston (Jamaica), Santiago, 
Cienfuegos, Newchang, Southhampton^ Valparaiso, 
Veracruz. 
Class V, $4,000 each: — 

Bahia, Bombay, Bordeaux, Colon, Dublin, Dundee, 
Toronto, Tsingtau, Harbin, Leipzig, Milan, Nankin, 
Naples, Nuremberg, Victoria, Para, Pernambucco, 
Plauen, Reichenberg, Santos, Stuttgart, Warsaw. 
Class VI, $3,500 each: — 

Alexandria, Apia, Barmen, Barranquilla, Basel, 
Berne, Bluefields, Bradford, Chemnitz, Chungking, 
Cologne, Dalny, Durban, Edinburgh, Fiume, Geneva, 
Georgetown, .Guadalajara, .Mannheim, .Montevido, 
Nagasaki, Odessa, Palermo, Port Elizabeth, Prague, 
Quebec, Rangoon, Rheims, Rimouski, Rome, St. 
Petersburg, Saloniki, Sherbrooke, Vladevostok. 
Class VII, $3,000 each: — 

Aix la Chapelle, Aleppo, Barbados, Batavia, Bel- 
grade, Bur?lem, Calais, Calgary, Carlfsbad, Colombo, 
Corlnto, Dunfermline, Florence, Frontera, Ghent, 
Hamilton (Ontario), Hanover, Harput, Huddersfield, 
Iqulque, lauitos, Jerusalem, Karachi, Kehl, La 
Guaira, Leghorn, Liege, Madras, Malaga, Managua, 
Melbourne, Nantes, Nassau, Newcastle (England), 
Newcastle (N. S. W.) Port Antonio, Port au Prince, 



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Progreco, Punta Arenas, Riga, St. John (N. B.), 
St. Michael's, St. Thomas (West Indies), Sandakan, 
San Jose (Costa Rica), Seville, Sheffield, Swansea, 
Sydney (Nova Scotia), Tabriz, Tampico, Tamsul, 
Trieste, Trinidad. 

CIVIL SERVICE. 
Class VIM, $2,500 each: — 

Acapuico, Aden, Algieh^, Antung, Batum, Belize, 
Bergen, Breslau, Brunswick, Cardiff, Chihuahua, 
Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Forfirio Diaz, Cognac, Crok, 
Curacao, Erfurt, Gibraltar, Gothenburg, Hamilton 
(Bermuda), Hull, Jores de la Frontera, Kingston 
(Ontario), Leeds Limoges, Madrid, Magdeburg, 
Malta, Maracaibo, Martinique, Matamoros, Mazat- 
lan, Mersine, Nice, Nogales, Nuevo, Laredo, Orillia, 
Owen Soundl, Plymouth, Port Limon, Prescott, Puer- 
to Cortes, Rosario, Roubaix, St. John's (N_ F,), 
St. Etienne, San Luis Ptotsi, Sarnia, Sault Ste. 
Marie, Stettin, Swatow, Tamatave, Tegucigalpa, 
Teneriffe, Trebizond, Tripoli, Valencia, Windsor 
(Ontario), Yarmouth, Zanzibar. 
Class IX, $2,000 each: — 

Aguascalientes, Asuncion, Bagdad, Bristol, Camp- 
bellton. Cape Gracias a Dios, Cape Haitien, Carta- 
gena, Ceiba, ,Charlottetown, Cornwall, Durango 
Ensenada, Fermie, Fort Erie, Goree Dakar, Grenoble, 
Guadeloupe, Hermosillo, Hobart, La Paz, Manzanlllo, 
Maskat, Messina, Moncton, Niagara Falls, Patras, 
Port Louis, Puerto Cabello, Puerto Plata, Rouen, 
Saigon, St. John's (Quebec) St. Pierre, St. Stephen, 
Salina Cruz, Saltillo, Sierra Leone, Sivas, Stavanger, 
Suva, Tahiti, Tapachula, Turin, Turks Island, Venice. 



HONORARY POSITIONS, 
international Prison CommCssion — 

Commissioner on the part of the United States — 
Charles R. Henderson of Ml. 
International Fisheries Commission — 

Commissioner for the United States — Job E. 
Hedges of New York. 
Board of Examiners for the Diolomatic Service — 

Huntington Wilson, of Illinois; Joshua Reuben 
Clarke, jr., of Utah; Sydney Y. Smith, of the bis- 



94 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

trict of Columbia; Miles M. Shand, of New Jersey; 
George R. Wales, of Vermonjt; secretary, Wallace 
J. Young, of Illinois. 

Board of Examiners for the consular service- 
Chandler Hale, of Maine; Wilbur J. Carr, of New 
York; Herbert C. Hengstler, of Ohio; George R. 
Wales, of Vermont; secretary, Wallace J. Young, 
of IllinOiS. 
United States Court for China — 

Judge, Rufus H. Thayer, of the Disrict of Colum- 
bia; district attorney, Frank E. Hinckley, of Cali- 
fornia; marshal, Daniel Alien Wilson, jr., of Michi- 
gan; clerk, James B. Davies, of Michigan. 
Despatch Agents— 

I. P. Roosa, Room 622, No. 2 Rector street. New 
York; W. A. Cooper, Post-Office Building, San Fran- 
cisco; R. Newton Crane, 4 Trafalgar Square, Lon- 
don, England; Michael A. Tito, Post-Office Build- 
ing, New Orleans, Louisiana. 
St. John River Joint Commission — 

Commissioners for the United States, George A. 
Murchie, of Maine; Peter Charles Keegan, of 
Maine. Counsel, Oscar F. Fellows, of Maine. 
Pecuninary Claims Arbitration Commission, United 
Sta,tes and Great Britain — 

Agent for the United States— Severo Mallet-Pre- 
vost, New York. Special assistant to the agent, 
Arthur P. McKinstry. Counsel, Robert Lans/(ng, of 
New York; Charles F. Wilson, of the District of 
Columbia; Herbert H. D. Peirce, of Massachusetts. 
Secretary, Robert A. Young. Chief Clerk, Llewel- 
lyn M. Snowden. 
Rio Grande River CommissKon. — 

Commissioner for the United States, Wilbur Kep- 
linger, of Virginia. 
International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, Italy 

Member of the Permanent Committee, Dav^id Lu- 
bin, of California. 
International Office of Public Health at Paris. — 

Representative of the United States, Surgeon H. 
D. Geddings, of the Public Health and Marine-Hos- 
pital Service. 
Pan-American Committee of the United States. — 

Members, Andrew Carnegie, EIrihu Root, James 



OFFICE SEEKERS ' BLUE BOOK. 95 

McCreary, Charles B. Landis, James L. Slayden, 
Robert Bacon, Gen. George W. Davis, Benjamin ide 
Wheeler, Edmund J. James, Leo S. Rowe, Paul S. 
Reinsch, John Barrett, Henry G. Davis, Henry 
.White, Henry D. Flood, William Sulzer. Honorary 
President, Philander C. Knox. Chairman, Leo S. 
Rowe. Vice Chairman, Andrew Carnegie. Secre- 
tary, John Barrett. Executive Committee, Leo S. 
Rowe, Charles B. Landis, Gen. George W. Davis, 
John Barrett. 
Alaskan Boundary Delimitation Commission and 

Canadian Delimitation Commission. — 

Commissioner for the United Sitates, O. H. Titt- 
mann, of IVIissouri. 
Jnternatt.onal Waterways Commission. — 

Commissioners for the United States, Gen. Os- 
wald H. Ernst, U. S. A., retired; George Clinton, of 
IS2SW York; Eugene E. Haskell, of Michigan. 
International Joint Commission, United States and 

Canada, Under the Treaty Signed January 11. 

1909— ' 

Commissioners for the United States, James A. 
Tawney, of Minnesota; Frank Sherwin Streeter, of 
New Hampshire; George Turner, of Washington. 
Secretary, L. White Busbey, of Illinois. 
International Boundary Commission, United States 

and Mexico — 

Commissioner on the part of the United States, 
Brig. Gen. Anson Mills, U. S. A. Consulting En- 
gineer on the part of the United States, W. W. Fol- 
lett, of Colorado. 



INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS DESIRING 
APPOINTMENT IN THE CONSULAR SERVICE. 
The next consular service examination will not 
be held until some time in 1913, to be decided upon 
after President Wilson has chosen his policy rela- 
tive to appointments. 

The present rules may be kept inflexible or re- 
laxed. 



(From Register of the State Department.) 
Consular-service examinations are held in Wash- 
ington only. 



96 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Blank forms of application for appointment may 
be had upon application to the Department of State. 

Although designations for examination are made 
by the President, applications for appointment 
should be addressed to the Secretary of State. 

Applications are considered as pending for a per- 
iod of two years. After such period has elapsed 
vAthout their bein.g acted upon, another application 
with indorsements will be necessary to obtain for 
them further consideration. 

Applicants for appointmenit, in their correspond- 
ence with the Department, should always sign their 
names as giiven in their applications, without en- 
largement or contractilon. 

A candidate Is not designated for examination 
with a view to his appointment to a particular post, 
but in order to determine his eligibility for appoint- 
rr'ent to such a post as In the judgment of the De- 
partment his services would best serve the public 
Interests. 

No special training Is accepted in lieu of the pre- 
scribed examination, and no transfers, without ex- 
amination, are made to the consular service fronn 
other branches of the Government service. The 
successful passing of the regular entrance examina- 
tion, except as provided for in regulations 2 and 3 
of the Executive order of June 27, 1906, is neces- 
sary fop appointment. 

The Department is not able definitely to forecast 
when vacancies in the service may occur. 

Clerks in consular offices and vice and deputy 
consuls are appointed without examination, but are 
only el.gibie for appointment to the grade of consul 
upon the passing of the regular entrance examina- 
tion. 

Appointments to the consular service are made 
only after a rigid physical examination of the 
candidate. 

It Is not the practice of the Deoartment to desig- 
nate for examination vice or deputy consuls or 
clerks 'in consulates until they have served at least 
two years. 

The written language examinations Include papers 
in French, German and Spanish only. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 97 

Dependent upon the number of candidates, the 
examinations last from three to six days. 



REGULATIONS CONCERNING PRECEDENCE OF 
DIPLOMATIC AGENTS. 

The rules on this subject which have been pre- 
ecribed by the Department are the same as those 
contained In the seven rules of the Congress of 
Vienna, found in the protocol of the session of 
March 9, 1815, and in supplementary or ei-ghth rule 
of the Congress of Aix la Chapelle of November 21, 
1&18. They are ar. follows: 

Article I. Diplomatic agents are divided into 
three classes: That of ambassadors, legates, or 
nuncios; that of envoys, ministers, or other persons 
accredited to sovereigns; that of charges d'affaires 
accredited to ministers for forefign affairs. 

Art. M. Ambassadors, legates, or nuncios only 
have the representative character. 

Art. III. Diplomatic agents on an extraordinary 
mission have not, on that account, any superiority 
of rank. 

Art. IV. Diplomatic agents shall take precedence 
in their respective classes according to the date of 
the offidial notification of their arrival. The present 
regulat'on shall not cause any innovation with re- 
gard to the representative of the Pope. 

Art. V. A uniform mode shall be determined in 
each state for the reception of diplomatic agents 
of each class. 

Art. VI. Relations of consanguinity or of family 
alliance between courts confer no precedence on 
their diolomatic agents. The same rule also applies 
to political alliances. 

Art. VII. In acts or treaties between several 
powers with great alternate precedence, the order 
\fxh\ch is to be obperved in the signatures shall be 
decided bv lot between the ministers. 

Art VIII. * * * It is agreed that ministers 
resident accredited to them shall form, with respect 
to their precedence, an intermediate class between 
ministers of the second class and charges d'affaires. 

These rules have been formally or tacitly accepted 
by all governments except the Ottoman Porte, 



98 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

which divides diplomatic representatives (into three 
classes only — ambassadors, ministers and charges 
d'affaires. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 

Secretary of the Treasury, $12,000. 

Assistant Secretary, three, $5,000 each. 

Chief clerk and supt., $3,000. 

Assistant, $2,500. 

Inspector $3,000. 

Disbursing clerk, two at $2,500 each. 

Chief of appointment division, $3,000. 

Assistant, $2,000. 

Executive clerk, $2,000. 

Chief of customs, $3,000. 

Assistant, $2,000. 

Chief of public moneys, $3,000. 

Assistant, $2,000. 

Chief of printing, $2,500. 

Assistant, $2,000. 

Chief of loans and currency, $3,000. 

Assistant, $2,100. 

Chief of mails and files, $2,500. 

Supervising spedal agents, etc.^ $10 per day each. 

Assistant chief, $2,400. 

Confidential agents abroad, six, $8 per day each. 

Special agents, twenty-five, $8 to $6 per day each. 
Secret Service: — 

Chief, $4,000; Assistant, $3,000. 
Comptroller of the treasury, $5,500. 

Assistant, $4,500. 

Comptroller of the Currency: — 

Deputy, two, $3,500 each; chiefs of divisions, $2,- 
200 each; examiners, several hundred, fees; receiv- 
ers, several hundred, from $7,000 to $1,000 each; 
attorneys, one hundred, fees and from $2,500 to 
$400 each. 

Auditors: — ■ 

For the treasury, $4,000; deputy, $2,500; for the 
War, Interior, Navy and State and other depts., 
$4,000 each; for the postoffice dept., $4,000; depu- 
ties, two, $2,500 each. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 99 

Treasurer for Porto R/ico, $5,000; auditor, $4,000. 
U. S. Treasurer: — 

Treasurer, $5,000; assistant, $3,600; deputy assist- 
ant, $3,200; cashier, $3,600; assistant, $3,000; vault 
clerk, tellers, etc., $2,500; supt. of redemption 
agency, $3,500; teller, $2,500; assistant, $2,000. 
Register of the Treasury: — 

Register, $4,000; asslstan,t, $2,500. 

Internal Revenue:— 

Commissioner, $5,000; deputy, $4,000; deputy, 
$3,600; supt. of stamp vault, $2,000. 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing: — 

Director, $5,00; assitsant, $3,000. 

Supervising architect $5,000. 

Assistant, $3,200. 

Supervising Architect at Large: — 

Superintendent at San Francisco, $3,200; supts. 
at New York City, Atlanta and Kansas City, $2,900 
each; supts. at Cleveland and Seattle, $2,500; supts. 
at Montgomery, Ala., Fresno, Cal., Los Angeles, 
San Jose, Macon, Rockford, IIU Crawfordsville, Ind., 
Natchitoches, La., Baltimore, St. Paul Biloxi, Miss., 
Kingston, N. Y., Little Falls, N. Y., Niagara Falls, 
Salem, Ore., Westchester, Pa., Charlston, S. C, 
Deadwood, S. D., Sherman, Tex., Ogden, Utah, Bur- 
lington, Vt., Spokane, Wash., Green Bay, Wis., 
Ebvanston, Wyo., each, $2,190; supts. at Lafayette, 
Ind., Portland, Me,, $2,000 each; assistant supts.: 
San Francisco, $2,000; New York City, $2,190; in- 
spectors: Baltimore, New York City, Omaha, Chi- 
cago, Norfolk, $2,190 each. 

U. S. Mint:— 

Director, $4,500; examiner, $2,500; computer of 
bullion, $2,500. 

At Carson City, Nov.: assaver, $2,000. 

At Denver: supt., $4,500; cashier, $2,500; assayer, 
$3,000; assistant assaver, $2,000, 

At New Orleans: supt., $3,500; cashier, $2,000; 
assaver, $2,500. 

At Philadelohia: supt., $4,500; caphi'^r, $2,500; 
assaver, $3,000; assistant assayer, $2,000. 



100 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

At San Francisco: supt., $4,500; cashier, $2,500; 
assayer, $3,000; assistant assay.^rs, two, $2,000 and 
$6.50 per day. 

U. S. Assay Offices: — 

Assayer in charge, Boise, Idaho, $2,000; assayer 
in charge, Deadwood, S. Dak., $2,000; assayer in 
charge, Helena, Mont., $2,250; superintendent. New 
York, N. Y., $4,500; chief clerk. New York, N. Y., 
$2,500; weigh clerk, New York, N. Y., $2,500; 
cashier, New York, N. Y., $2,500; bookkeeper. New 
York, N. Y., $2,350; warrant clerk, New York, N. 
Y., $2,000; assayer, New York, N. Y., $3,000; assist- 
ant assayer. New York, N. Y., $2,500; assistant as- 
sayer, New York, N. Y., $2,150; assistant assayer. 
New York, N. Y., $2,000; assayer in charge, St. 
Louis, Mo., $2,000; assayer in charge, Seattle, 
Wash., $2,750; chief clerk, Seattle, Wash., $2,000. 

U. S. Sub-Treasuries: — 

Baltimore: assistant treasurer, $4,500; cashier, 
$2,500; Boston: assistant treasurer, $5,000; cashier, 
$2,500; Chicago: assistant treasurer, $5,000; cashier, 
$3,000; C'incinnat : assistant treasurer, $4,500; 
cashier, $2,250; New Orleans: assistant treasurer, 
$4,500; cashier and chief clerk, $2,250. 

New York City: Assistant treasurer, $8,000; 
deputy assistant and cashier, $4,200; assistant 
cashier and chief clerk, $3,600; assistant cashier 
and value to clerk, $3,200; chiefs of diversions, seven 
from $3,100 to $2,300 each; assistant chiefs, four, 
from $2,200 to $2,000 each. 

Philadelphia: Assistant treasurer, $4,500; cashier 
and chief clerk, $2,500. 

St. Louis: Assistant treasurer, $4,500; cashier 
and chief clerk, $2,500. 

San Francisco: Cashier, $3,000; assi(stant cashier, 
$2,400. 

Customs Service:— 

Collector, Mobile, Ala., $3,000; collector, Juneau, 
Alaska, $4,000; deputy collector, Juneau, Alaska, 
$2,500; deputy collector. Eagle, Alaska, $2,000; 
deputy collector. Forty Mile, Alaska, $2,200; deputy 
collector, Forty Mile, Alaska, $2^000; deputy col- 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 101 

lector, Nome, Alaska, $2,000; deputy collector, St. 
Michael, Alaska, $2,000; deputy collector, Skag- 
way, Alaska, $2,000; collector, Nogales, Ariz., $2,000; 
collector. Eureka, Cal., $3,000; collector, Los 
Angeles, Cal., $3,000 deputy collector, Los An- 
geles, Cal., $2,000; collector, San Diego, Cal., $3,000; 
deputy collector, San Diego, Cal., $2,200; col- 
lector, San Francisco, Cal., $7,000; clerk, San 
Francisco, Cal., $4,000; deputy collector, San Fran- 
cisco, $3,625; appraiser, San Frandisco, Cal., $3,625; 
assistant appraiser, San Francisco, Cal., $2,500; 
assistant appraiser, San Francisco, Cal., $2,500. 

Two examiners, San Francbco, Cal., each, $2,200; 
four examiners, San Francisco, Ca., each, $2,000; 
weigher, San Francisco, Ca., $2,000; gauger, San 
Francisco, Ca., $2,000; naval officer, San Fran- 
cisco^ Cal., $5,000; deputy naval officer, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal., $3,125; surveyor, San Francisco, Cal., 
$5,000; deputy surveyor, San Francisco, Cal., $3,625; 
►survo/or. Denver. Col., $5,000; deputy surveyor, 
Denver, CoL, $2,000; collector, Bridgeport, Conn., 
$3,000; collector, Hartford, Conn., $3,000; collector, 
IVew Haven, Conn., $3,000; collector, New London, 
Conn., $3,000; collector, Stonington, Conn., $3,000; 
collector, Wilmington, Del., $3,000; collector, 
Washington, D. C, $3,000; examiner, Washington, 
D. C, $2,400; collector, Apalachlcola, Fla., $3,000; 
collector, Ferna'^H^ns, Fla., $3,000; collector Jack- 
sonvHIe, Fla., $3,000; collector, Key West, Fla., 
$2,500; collector, Pensacola, Fla., $3,000; collector, 
St. Augustine, Fla., $3,000; collector, Tampa, Fla., 
$3,000; deputy collector, Tampa, Fla., $2,500; ap- 
praiser, Tampa, Fla., $2,000. 

Exa»^ine»'. Tampa, Fla., $2000; surveyor, Atlanta, 
Ga., $5000; collector, Brunswick, Ga., $3 000; col- 
Ipctor. S"-. IVsrv. Ga., $3,000; crlMc+or, Savannah, 
Ga., $6,000; deputy collector, Savanah, Ga., $2,000; 
collector. Honolulu, Hawaii. $4,000; deputy col- 
lector. HoM-iiiin M^waii, 35?? 000; examiner, Hono- 
lulu, Hawaii, $3,000: exam'-er, Honolulu, $2-400; 
casHier, Honolulu, $?000: c'^rk, Honolulu, Hawaii, 
$2,200; surveyor, Cairo, III.. $5,000; collector, Chica- 
go, III., $7,000; deputy collector, Chicago, III., $3,000; 



102 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

deputy collector, Chicago, III., $3,000; deputy collet 
tor, Chicago, III., $2,600; deputy collector, Chicago, 
III., $2,400; deputy collector, Chicago, III., $2,000; ap- 
praiser, Chicago, III., $4,500; auditor, Chicago, III., 
$3,000; cachier, Chicago, III., $2,500; confidential 
clerk, Chicago, III., $2,400; chennist, Chicago, III., 
$2,000; six examiners, Chicago, III., each $2,400; 
three examiners, Chicago, III., each $2,000; naval 
officer, Chicago, III., $5,000; deputy naval officer, 
Chicago, III., $2,500; chief clerk, Chicago, III., $2,500; 
surveyor. Galena, III., $5,000; surveyor, Peoria, III., 
$5,000; surveyor, Rock Island, III., $5,000; surveyor, 
Evansville, Ind., $5,000; surveyor Indianapolis, ind., 
$5,000; surveyor, Michigan City, Ind., $5,000; sur- 
veyor, Burlington, Iowa, $5,000 surveyor. Council 
Bluffs, Iowa, $5,000; surveyor, Des Moines, Iowa, 
$5,000; surveyor, Dubuque, Iowa, $5,000; surveyor, 
Sioux City, Iowa, $5,000; surveyor, Louisville, Ky., 
$5,000; surveyor, Paducah, Ky., $5,000; collector, 
Brashear, La., $3,000; collector, New Orleans, La., 
$7,000; three deputy collectors. New Orleans, La., 
each, $3,000; cashier, New Orleans, La., $2,500. 

Weigher, New Orleans, La., $2,000; clerk, New 
Orleans, La., $2000; appraiser, New Orleans. La., 
$3,000; assistant appraiser. New Orleans, La., 
$2,500! assistant appraiser, New Orleans, La., 
$2,500; naval officer, New Orleans, La., $5,000; 
deputy naval officer, New Orleans, La., $2,500; 
surveyer, New Orleans^ La., $3,500; deputy sur- 
veyor, New Orleans, La'., $2,500; collector, Bangor, 
Me., $3,000; collector, Bath, Me., $3,000; collector, 
Belfast, Me., $3,000; collector, Castine, Me., $3,000; 
collector, Eastport, Me., $3,000; coHector, Ells- 
worth, Me., $3,000; collector, Kennebunk, Me., 
$3,000; collector, Machias, Me., $3,000; collector, 
Portland, Me., $6,000; deputy collector, Portland, 
Me., .$3,000; .appraiser, .Portland, .Me., .$3,000; 
weigher, Portland, Me., $2,000; surveyor, Port- 
land Me., $4,500; collector, Saco, Me., $3,000; col- 
lector, Waldoboro, Me., $3,000; collector, Wiscasset, 
Me., $3,000; collector, York, Me., $3,000; collector, 
Annaoolis, Md , $3,000; collector, Baltimore, Md., 
$7,000; deputy collector, Baltimore, Md., $3,000" 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 103 

deputy collector, Baltimore, Md., $3,000; cashier, 
Baltimore, Md., $2,500; confidential clerk, Balti- 
more, Md., $2,400; appraiser, Baltimore, Md., 
$3,000; assistant appraiser, Baltimore, Md., $2,500; 
weigher, Baltimore, Md., $2,000; naval officer, Balti- 
more, Md., $5,000; deputy naval officer, Baltimore, 
Md., $2,500; surveyor, Baltimore, Md., $4,500; 
deputy surveyor, Baltimore, Md., $2,500; collector, 
Crisfield, Md., $3,000; collector, Barnstable, Mass., 
$3,000; collector, Boston, Mass., $8,000; four 
deputy collectors, Boston, Mass., each, $3,000; as- 
sistant cashier, Boston, Mass., $2,200; deputy col- 
lector, Boston, Mass., $2,000. 

Gauger, Boston, Mass., $2,000; weigher, Boston, 
Mass., $2,000; naval officer, Boston, Mass $5,000; 
surveyor, Boston, Mass., $5,000; deputy surveyor, 
Boston, Ma3s., $2,500; deputy surveyor, Boston, 
Mass., $2,500; appraiser, Boston, Mass, $4,000; 
three assistant appraiser's, Boston, Mass., each, 
$2,500; seven examiners, Boston, Mass., each, 
$2,000; collector, Edgartown, Mass., $3,000; col- 
lector, Fall River, Mass., $3,000; collector, Glouces- 
ter, Mass., $3,000; collector, Marblehead, Mass., 
$3,000; colelctor, Nantucket, Mass., $3,000; collector, 
New Bedford, Mass., $3000. 

Collector, Newburyport, Mass., $3,000; collector, Ply- 
mouth, Mass., $3,000; collector, Salem, Mass, $3,000; 
surveyor, Springfield, Mass., $5,000; collector, Detroit, 
Mich., $2,500; deputy collector, Detroit, Mich., 
$2,500; appraiser, Detroit, Mich., $3,000; collector, 
Grand Haven, Mioh., $2,500; surveyor. Grand 
Rapids, Mich., $5,000; collector, Marquette, Mich., 
$2,500; collector. Port Huron, Mich., $2,500; depu- 
ty collector, Port Huron, Mich., $2,500; collector, 
Duluth, Minn., $2,500; collector, St. Paul, Minn., 
$2,500; deputy collector, St. Paul, Minn., $2,500; 
deputy collector, Minneapolis, Minn., $2,400. 

Collector, Gulfport, Miss., $3,000; collector, Natchez, 
Miss., $3,000; collector, Vicksburg, Miss., $3,000; 
surveyor, Kansas City, Mo., $5000; deputy sur- 
veyor, Kansas City, Mo., $2,000; surveyor, St. 
Joseph, Mo., $5,000; surveyor, St. Louis, Mo., $5,000; 
deputy surveyor, St. Louis, Mo., $2,500; deputy 



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surveyor, St. Louis, Mo., $2,000; appraiser, St» 
Louis, Mo., $3,000; casFiier, St. Louis, Mo., $2,000; 
collector. Great Falls, Mont., $2,500; surveyor, 
Lincoln, Nebr., $5,000; surveyor, Omaha, Nebr., 
$5,000; collector, Portsmouth, N. H., $3,000; coU 
lector, Bridgeton, N. J., $3,000; collector. Burling^ 
ton, N. J., $3,000; collector, Newark, N. J., $3,000; 
collector, Perth Amboy, N. J., $5,000; collector, 
Somers Point, N. J., $3,000; collector, Tuckerton, 
N. J., $3,000. 

Surveyor, Albany, N. Y., $5,000; collector, Buf- 
falo, N. Y., $2,500; deputy collector, Buffalo, N. Y., 
$2,500; appraiser, Buffalo, N. Y., $3,000; collector, 
Cape Vincent, N. Y., $2,500; collector, Dunkirk, 
N. Y., $2,500; surveyor, Greenport, N. Y., $5,000; 
collector, New York, N. Y., $12,000; assistant col- 
lector, Jersey City, N. J., $2,000; solicitor to the 
collector. New York, N. Y., $5,000; cashier. New 
York, N. Y., $5,000; seven deputy collectors. New 
York, N. Y., each, $3,000; private secretary. New 
York, N. Y., $2,500; paymaster, New York. N. Y., 
$2,500; five weighers, New York, each, $2,500; 
surveyor. New York, N. Y., $8,000; four deputy sur- 
veyors. New York, N. Y., $2,500; clerk, New York, 
N. Y., $4,000; appraiser. New York, N. Y., $8,000; 
three assistant appraisers, New York, N. Y., 
each, $3,500; nine assistant appraisers, New York, 
N. Y., each $3,000; nine general appraisers, New 
York, N. Y., each, $7,000. 

Solicitor of customs, New York, N. Y., $5,000; 
three assistant solicitors of customs. New York, 
N. Y., each $3,000; collector, Niagara Fall, N. Y., 
$2,500; deputy collector, Niagara Falls, N. Y., 
$2,500; collector, Ogdenburg, N. Y., $2,500; col- 
lector, Oswego, N. Y., $2,500; surveyor, Patchegue, 
N. Y., $5,000; collector, Plattsburg, N. Y., $2,500; 
deputy collector, Plattsburg, N. Y,, $2,500; sur- 
veyor, Port Jefferson, N. Y., $5000; collector, 
Rochester, N. Y., $2,500; deputy collector, Roch- 
ester, N. Y., $2,000; collector, Sag Harbor, N. Y., 
$3,000; surveyor, Syracuse, N. Y., $5 000; collector, 
Beaufort, N. C, $2,500; collector, Elizabeth City^ 
N. C, $2,500; collector, Newbern, N. C, $2,500^ 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 105 

collector, Wilmington, N. C, $2,500; collector, 
Pembina, N. DaK., $3,000; surveyor, Cincinnati, 
Ohio, $5,000; deputy surveyor, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
$2,400; appraiser, Cincinnati, Ohio, $3,000; cashier, 
Cmcinnati, Ohio, $2,000; collector, Cleveland, Ohio, 
$2,500; depuiy collector, Cleveland, Ohio, $2,000; 
appraiser ,Cleveland, Ohio, $3,000; surveyor, Co- 
lumbus, Ohio, $5,000; surveyor, Dayton, Ohio, 
$5,000; collector, Sandusky, Ohio, $2,500. 

Collector, Totedo, Ohio, $2,500; collector, Astoria, 
Greg., $3,000; collector, Coos Bay, Oreg., $2,500; 
collector, Portland, Oreg., $5,000; deputy collector, 
Portland, Oreg., $2,400; appraiser, Portland, Oreg., 
$3,000; cashier, Portland, Oreg., $2,200; collector, 
Yaquina, Oreg., $2,500; collector, Erie, Pa., $2,500; 
collector, Philadelphia, 

Deputy collector, Philadelphia, Pa., $3,000; deputy 
deputy collector, Philadelphia, Pa., $3,000; deputy 
collector, Philadelphia, Pa., $3,000; confidential 
clerk, Philadelphia, Pa., $2,500; cashier, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., $3,000; assistant cashier, Philadelphia, 
Pa., $2,500; assistant cashier, Philadelphia, Pa., 
$2,500; weigher, Philadelphia, Pa., $2,000; naval 
officer, Philadelphia, Pa., $5,000; deputy naval offi- 
cer, Philadelphia, Pa., $2,500; surveyor, Philadelphia, 
Pa., $5,000; deputy surveyor, Philadelphia, Pa., 
$2,500; appraiser, Philadelphia, Pa., $4,000; assis- 
tant appraiser, Philadelphia Pa., $2,500; assistant 
appraiser, Philadelphia, Pa., $2,500; clerk, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., $2,500; surveyor, Pittsburg, Pa., $5,000; 
appraiser, Pittsburg, Pa., $3,000; collector, San 
Juan, R. P., $5,000; collector, Bristol, R. I., $3,000; 
collector, Newport, R. I., $3,000; collector, Provi- 
dence, R. I., $3,000; collector, Beautfort, S. C, 
$3,000; collector, Charleston, S. C, $6,000; collector, 
Gecrgetown, S. C, $3,000. 

Svrveyor, Chattanooga, Tenn., $5,000; surveyor, 
Kn-xville, Tenn., $5,000; surveyor, lVlerr>phis, Tenn., 
$5,000; surveyor, Nashville, Tenn., $5,000; collector, 
Brownsville, Tex., $2,500; collector, Corpus Christi, 
Tex., $2,500; collector, Eagle Pass., Tex., $2,500; 
cellector. El Paso, T<yx., $4,000; deputy collector. 
El Paso, Tex., $2,000; collector, Galveston, Tex., 



106 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

$4,500; deputy collector, Galveston, Tex., $2,750; 
deputy collector, Galveston, Tex., $2,250; cashier, 
Galveston, Tex., $2,250; collector, Port Arthur, 
Tex., $3,000; surveyor, Houston, Tex., $5,000; col- 
lector, Burlington, Vt., $2,500; deputy collector, 
Burlington, Vt., $2,500; deputy collector, Montreal, 
Quebec, $2,000; collector, Newport, Vt., $3,000; 
deputy collector, Newport, Vt., $2,200; collector, 
Alexandria, Va., $3,000; collector, Cape Charles, Va., 
$3,000; collector, Newport News, Va., $3,000; col- 
lector, Norfolk, Va., $3,000; collector, Petersburg, 
Va., $3,000; collector, Richmond, Va., $3,000; col- 
lector, Tappahannock, Va., $3,000; collector, Port 
Townsend, Wash., $5,500; deputy collector. Port 
Townsend, Wash., $2,750; deputy collector, Port 
Townsend, Wash., $2,000; deputy collector, Seattle, 
Wash., $2,000; deputy collector, Tacoma, Wash., 
$2,000; surveyor, Wheeling, W. Va., $5,000; collector, 
Milwaukee, Wis., $2,500; deputy collector, Mil- 
waukee, Wis., $2,500; deputy collector, Milwaukee, 
Wrs., $2,400. 

Internal Revenue Service: — 

Collector, Birmingham, Ala., $3,625; collector. 
Little Rock, Ark., $3,025; collector, San Francisco, 
Cal., $4,500; deputy collector, San Francisco, Cal., 
$2,000; agent, San Francisco, Cal., p. d. $7; col- 
lector, Sacramento, Cal., $3,750; collector, Denver, 
Colo., $4,000; collector, Hartford, Conn., $4,500; 
chief agent, Washington, D. C, p. d. $10; collector, 
Jacksonville, Fla., $4,500; collector, Atlanta, Ga., 
$3,625; agent, Atlanta, Ga., p. d. $7; collector, 
Honolulu, Hawaii, $3,500; collector, Chicago, III., 
$4,500; deputy collector, Chicago, III., $2,000; agent, 
Chicago, III., p. d. $7; collector, East St. Louis, 
III., $4,125; agent, Greenville, III., p. d. $7; collector, 
Peoria, Ml., $4,500; deputy collector, Peoria, III., 
$2,000; collector, Springfield, III., $4,500; deputy 
collector, Springfield, III., $2,000; collector, In- 
dianapolis, Ind., $4,500; deputy collector, Indian- 
apolis, Ind., $2,000; collector, Terre Haute, Ind., 
$4,500; deputy coIFector, Terre Haute, Ind., $2,000; 
collector, Burlington, Iowa, $3,625; collector, Du- 
buque, Iowa, $3,375; collector, Leavenworth, Kans., 



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$3,125; collectop, Covington, Ky., $4,500; deputy 
collector, Covington, Ky., $2,000; collector, Dan- 
ville, Ky., $4,500; deputy collector, Danville, Ky., 
$2,000; collector, Lexington, Ky., $4,500; deputy 
collector, Lexington, Ky., $2,000; collector, Louis- 
ville, Ky., $4,500; deputy collector, Louisville, 
Ky., $2,000. 

Agent, Louisville, Ky., p. d- $7; collector, Owens- 
boro, Ky., $4,500; deputy collector, Owensboro, 
Ky., $2,000; collector. New Orleans, La., $4,500; 
agent. New Orleans, La., p. d. $7; collector, Balti- 
more, Md., $4,500; deputy collector, Baltimore, 
Md., $2,000; agent, Baltimore, Md., p. d. $7; col- 
lector, Boston, MaSiS., $4,500; deputy collector, 
Boston, Mass-, $2,000; agent, Boston, Mass., p. d. 
$7; collector, Detroit, Mich., $4,500; deputy col- 
lector, Detroit, Mich., $2,000; collector, Grand Ra- 
pids, Mich., $4,125; collector, St. Paul, Minn., $4,500; 
collector, Kansafe City, Mo., $4,500; collector, St. 
Louis, Mo., $4,500; deputy collector, St. Louis, Mo., 
$2,000; agent, St. Louis, Mo., p- d. $7; collector, 
Omaha, Nebr, $4,500; deputy collector, Omaha, 
Nebr., $2,000; agent, Omaha, Nebr., p. d. $7; col- 
lector, Portsmouth, N. H., $3,625; collector, Cam- 
dem, N. J., $3,500; collector, Newark, N. J., $4,500; 
deputy collector, Newark, N. J., $2,000; collector, 
Santa Fe, N. Mex., $2,500; collector, Albany, N. Y., 
$4,500; deputy collector, Albany, N. Y., $2,000; 
agent, Albany, N. Y-, p. d. $7; agent, Albany, N. Y., 
p. d. $7; collector, Brooklyn, N. Y., $4,500; deputy 
collectop, Brooklyn, N. Y., $2,000; collector. New 
York, N. Y., $4,500; collector New York, N. Y., 
$4,500; deputy collector. New York, N. Y., $2,000; 
Deputy collector. New York, N. Y-, $2,000; agent, 
New York, N. Y., p. d. $7; collector, Rochester, N. 
Y., $4,500; deputy collector, Rochester, N. Y., 
$2,000. 

Collector, Syracuse, N. Y., $4,500; deputy col- 
lector, Syracuse, N. Y., $2,000; collector, Raleigh, 
N- C, $4,500; collector, Asheville, N. C, $4,500; 
agent, North and South Carolina, p. d. $7; collector, 
Athens, Ohio, $4,500; collector, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
$4,500; deputy collector, Cincinnati, Ohio, $2,000; 



108 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

agent, Cincinnati, Ohio, p. d. $7; collector, Cleve- 
land, Ohio, $4,500; deputy collector, Cleveland, 
Ohio, $2,000; collector, Toledo, Ohio, $4,500; depu- 
ty collector, Toledo, Ohio, $2,000; collector, Port- 
land, Oreg., $3,125; collector, Lancaster, Pa., $4,500; 
collector, Philadelphia, Pa., $4,500 deputy collector, 
Philadelphia, Pa., $2,000; agent Pennsylvania and 
Now Jersey, p. d. $7; collector, Pittsburg, Pa., 
$4,500; deputy collector, Pittsburg, Pa-, $2,000; 
collector, Scranton, Pa., $4,500; collector, Columbia, 
S. C. $4,125; collector, Aberdeen, S. Dak., $2,750; 
collector, Bristol, Tenn., $4,000; collector, Na'shvllle, 
Tenn., $4,500; deputy collector, Nashville, Tenn., 
$2,000; collector, Austin, Tex., $3,625; collector, 
Dallas, Tex., $2,750; collector. Salt Lake City, 
Utah, $4,500; collector, Abingdon, Va., $4,500; depu- 
ty, collector, Abingdon, Va., $2,000- 

Collector, Richmond, Va., $4,500; deputy collector, 
Richmond, Va., $2,000; agent, Richmond, Va., p. d. 
$7; collector, Tacoma, Wash., $4,000; collector, 
Parkersburg, W. Va., $4,500; collector, Madison, 
Wis., $4,375; collector, Milwaukee, Wis., $4,500; 
deputy collector, Milwaukee, Wis., $2,000; agent, 
Milwaukee, Wis., p- d. $7; agent, Milwaukee, p. d. 
$7; agent, Milwaukee, Wis., p. d. $7; agent. New 
England division, p. d. $7; agent, at large, p. d. $7; 
agent, at large p. d. $7; agent, at large, p. d. $7; 
agent, at large, p. d. $7; agent at large, p. d. $7. 

Life Saving Service: — 

General superintendent, $4,500; assistant general 
superintendent, $2,500; principal clerk, $2,000; title 
and contract clerk, $2,000. All located in Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Public Health and Marine Hospital Service: — 

Surgeon general, $5,000; assistant surgeon gen- 
eral, two, $4,000 each, two at $3,770; one at $3,190; 
inspector of repairs, $2,200; assistant surgeon, 
$2,000; director, hygienic laboratory, $3,225; assist- 
ant, $2,000; chief of division, one at $3,800; one 
at $3,600. 



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 

Attorney General, $12,000. 

Solicitop General, $10,000. 

Assistant to the Attorney General, $7,000. 

Assistant Attorney General, four, $5,000 each. 

Assistant Attorney General, Interior Dept., $5,000. 

Assistant Attorney General, Post Office Dept., 
$5,000. 

Solicitor, State Dept., $5,000. 

Solicitor, Internal Revenue, $5,000. 

Chief Clerk, $3,500. 

Private secretary, $3,000. 

Disbursing clerk, $2,750. 

Appointment clerk, $2,000. 

Chief of division, $2,500. 

General agent, $4,000. 

Supt. of Prisons, $4,000. 

Assistant attorneys, two at $3,000; one at $2,750; 
five at $2,500; one at $2,400; two at $2,000. 

Pardon attorney, $2,750. 

Special assistants Attorney General, three at 
$5,000; one at $3,250; two at $3,000; three at 
$2,500. 

Special attorneys, two at $3,000; assistant attor- 
neys, five at $3,000; special examiner, $2,750; ex- 
aminers, two at $2,500; four at $2,250; one at 
$2,000. 

Assistant general agent, $3,000; special agent, 
$5,000; special agent, $2,500; special attorneys in 
the field, three, $8 per day each. 

Court of Claims: — 
Chief Justice, $6,500. 
Four judges, each $6,000. 
Court of Custom Appeals:— 
Five judges, each $7,000. 

Commerce Court: — 
Five judges, each $7,000. 

Spanish Treaty Claims Commission:^ 

Commissioners, five, at $5,000 each; clerk, $3,500; 
assistant, $2,500; commissioner to take testimony, 
twc at $2,500, and five at $8 per day each. 



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Defense of suit, Attorney General, $5,000; special 
counsel, $5,000; assistant attorney, two, $4,200; one 
at $3,100; five at $2,800; special agent, $2,600; spe- 
cial examiner at $2,400; financial clerk, $2,000. 

U. S. Penitentiaries: — 

Fort Leavenworth: Warden, $4,000; deputy, $2,- 
OCO; supenintendent of construction, $2,250. 

Atlanta: Warden, $4,000; deputy, $2,000, superin- 
tendent of construction, $2,400. 

McNeil Island, Wash: Warden, $2,000; deputy, 
$1,200. 

U. S. Jail, Washington, D. C: Warden, $2,000. 

Reform School, Washington, D. C: superintend- 
ent, $2,000. 

D'strict Attorneys and Marshals:— 

Maine — Dist. Atty., Portland, $3,000; marshal, 
$3,000. 

Massachusetts — Dist. Atty., Boston, $5,000, assist- 
ants, two at $2,500; one at $2,000; marshal, $5,000; 
deputy, $2,000. 

New Hampshire — Dist. Atty. and marshal. Con- 
cord, $2,000 each. 

Rhode Island — Dist. Atty., Providence, $2,500, 
marshal, $2,000. 

Connecticut — ^Dist. Atty., Hartford, $2,500, mar- 
shal, $2,000. 

Northern New York — Dist. Atty., Binghamton, 
$4,500; asst., $2,000; marshal, Auburn, $5,000, depu- 
ty, $2,000. 

Southern New York — ^Dist. Atty., New York, $10,- 
000; assts., two, $5,000 each; three at $4,000 each; 
one at $3,000; one at $2,500; marshal, $5,000; 
deputy, $2,750; deputy, two at $2,000; naturaliza- 
tion examiners, one at $2,250 and one at $2,200. 

Eastern New York — Dist. Atty., Brooklyn, $4,500; 
asst., $2,400; marshal, $4,000. 

Western New York— Dist. Atty., Buffalo, $4,500; 
asst., $2,500; marshal, Elmira, $5,000; deputy, 
$2,000. 

Vermont — Dist. Atty., St. Johnsbury, $3,000; mar- 
shal, Rutland, $2,500. 

Delaware — Dist^ Atty., and marshal, Wilmington, 
$2,000 escli. 



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New Jersey— Dist. Atty., Newark, and marshal, 
Trenton, $3,000 each. 

Eastern Pennsylvania — Dist. Atty., Phila., $4,500; 
one asst., $2,500; one asst., $2,000; special asst., 
$2,500; marshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,000; naturaliza- 
tion examiner, $2,200. 

Middle Pennsylvania — iDist. Atty., Harrisburg, 
$4,500; asst., $2,000; marshal, Scranton, $4,000. 

Western Pennsylvania — Dist. Atty., Pittsburg, 
$4,500; asst., $2,000; special asst., $2,500; marshal, 
$4,000; naturalization examiner, $2,000. 

Maryland — Dist. Atty., Baltimore, $4,000; asst., 
$2,000; marshal, $3,500. 

Eastern North Carolina — 'Dist. Atty., and marshal, 
Raleigh, $4,000 each. 

Western North Carolina — Dist. Atty., Winston- 
Salem, $4,500; asst., Statesville, $2,000; marshal, 
Greensboro, $4,500; deputy, $2,000. 

South Carolina — ^Dist. Atty., Charleston, $4,500; 
marshal, $4,500; deputy, $2,000. 

Eastern Virginia — Dist. Atty., Richmond, $4,000; 
marshal, $3,500. 

Western Virginia — Dist. Atty., Roanoke, $4,500; 
marshal, Staunton, $4,000. 

Northern West Virginia — ^Dist. Atty., Parkers- 
burg, $4,500; marshal, $4,000. 

Southern West Virginia — Dist. Atty., Huntington, 
$4,500; marshal, $4,000; asst. dist. atty., Charleston, 
$2,000. 

Northern Alabama — Dist. atty. and marshal, Bir- 
mington, $4,000 each. 

Middle Alabama — Dist. atty. and marshal, Mont- 
gomery, $4,000 each. 

Southern Alabama — Dist. atty. and marshal. Mo- 
bile, $3,000 each. 

Northern Florida — Dist. atty., Pensacola, $3,500; 
marshal, $3,000. 

Southern Florida — Dist. atty., Jacksonville, $3,500; 
marshal, $3,000. 

Northern Georgia — Dist. atty., Atlanta, $5,000. 

Southern Georgia — Dist. atty. and marshal, Ma- 
con, $3,500 each; asst. dist. atty., $2,500. 

Eastern Louisiana — Dist. atty., New Orleans, 
$3,500; asst., $2,500; marshal, $3,000. 



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Western Louisiana — Dist. atty. and marshal, 
Shreveport, $2,500 each. 

Northern Mississippi-^Dist. atty., Oxford, $3,500; 
marshal, $3,000. 

Southern Mississippi — Dist. atty., Jackson, $3,500; 
marshal, $3,000. 

Northern Texas— Dist. atty., Dallas., $3,500; mar- 
shal, $3,000. 

SoU|thern Texas— Dist. atty., Houston, $3,500; mar- 
8hal, Galveston, $3,500. 

Eastern Texas — ^Dlst. atty. and marshal, Beau- 
mont, $5,000 each; asst. dist. attv., Paris, $2,000; 
deputy marshal, one, $2,500, one, C=,000. 

Western Texas— Dist. atty., Waco, and marshal, 
San Antonio, $4,000 each; deputy, $2,000. 

Eastern Kentucky — Dist. atty and marshal, Cov- 
ington, $5,000 each; asst. dist. atty, $2,000. 

Western Kentucky — ^Dist. atty. and marshal, Lou- 
isville, $5,000 each; asst. dist. atty., $2,400. 

Eastern Michigan — Dist. atty. and marshal, De- 
troit, $4,000 each; asst. dist. atty., $2,000. 

Western Michigan — Dist. atty.. Grand Rapids^ 
$3,500; asst., $2,000; marshal, $3,000. 

Northern Ohio — Dist. atty., Cleveland, $4,500; 
asst., $2,000; marshal, $4,000. 

Southern Ohio—^Dst. atty., Cincinnati, $4,500; 
asst., $2,000; marshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,000. 

Eastern Tennessee — Dist. atty., Knoxville, $4,500; 
marshal, $4,000. 

Middle Tennessee— Dist. atty., Nashville, $4,500; 
marshal, $4,000. 

We?<tern Tennessee— Dist. atty., Memphis, $4,500; 
marshal, $4,000. 

Northern Illinois- D'st. atty., Chicago, $10,000; 
asst, $5,000; asst., $4,200; asst. $3,200; assts., five, 
$2,500; asst., $2,250; asst., $2,000; marshal, $5,000; 
deputy, $2,500; naturalization examiner, $2,000. 

Eastern Illinois— Dist. atty., Danville, $5,000; mar- 
shal, $4,000; deputy, $2,000. 

Southern Illinois — Dist. atty., Springfield, $5,000; 
asst., $2,000; marshal, $4,500. 

Indiana— Dist. atty., Indianapolis, $5,000; asst., 
$2,500; marshal, $4,500. 



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Eastern Wisconsin — Dist. atty. and marshal, Mil- 
waukee, $4,000 each. 

Western Wisconsin — Dist. atty. and marshal, 
IVJadison, $4,000 each. 

Eastern Arl<ansas — Dist. atty. and marshal, Little 
Rock, $4,000 each; deputy marshal, $2,000. 

Western Arkansas — Dist. atty. and marshal. Fort 
Smith, $5,000 each. 

Colorado — Dist. atty. and marshal, Denver, $4,000 
each; deputy marshal, $2,000. 

Northern Iowa — Dist. atty., Sioux City, $4,500; 
marshal, Dubuque, $4,000. 

Southern Iowa— Dist. atty., Des Moines, $4,500; 
marshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,000. 

Kansas — Dist. atty., Topeka, $4,500; asst., $2,000; 
marshal, $4,000. 

Minnesota— Dist. atty., St. Paul, $4,000; asst., 
$2,500; asst., $2,000; marshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,000. 

Eastern Missouri — Dist. atty., St. Louis, $4,500; 
asst., $2,500; marshal, $4,000. 

Western Missouri — Dist. Atty., Kansas City, 
$4,500; asst., $2,000; marshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,000. 

Nebraska — Dist. Atty., and assistant attorney, 
Omaha, $4,000 each; marshal, $4,000; Asst. Dist. 
Atty., Lincoln, $2,000. 

North Dakota— Dist. Atty., and marshal, Fargo, 
$4,000 each. 

South Dakota— Dist. Atty., and marshal, $4,000 
each, and Asst. Dist. Atty., $2,000, Sioux Falls. 

Utah— Dist. Atty., $4,000; marshal, $3,500; Salt 
Lake City. 

Wyoming— Dist. Atty., $4,000; marshal, $3,500, 
Cheyenne. 

Oklahoma— Dist. Atty., $4-000; asst., $2,000,* 
marshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,500, Muskogee. 

Dist Atty., $4,000; marshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,500, 
South McAlester. r- /» h^ » . 

Dist. Atty., and marshal, $4,000 each; deouty. 
$2,500, Ardmore. 

Dist. Atty., and marshal, $5,000 each; Asst. 
Dist. Atty., and deputy marshal each, $2,000, 
Guthrie. 



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New Mexico — Dist. Atty., Lalscruces, $4,000; asst-, 
Las Vatgas, $2,000; asst., Albuquerke, $2,000; mar- 
shal, $4,000. 

Northern California — Dist. Atty., San Francisco, 
$4,500; asst., $2,500; two assts., $2,000 each; mar: 
shal, $4,000; deputy, $2,500. 

Southern California — Dist. Atty., Los Angeles, 
$4,000; asst., $2,000; n^rshal, $4,000; deputy, $2,000- 

Idaho — Dist. Atty., and marshal, Boise, $4,000; 
Asst., Dist. Atty., Lewiston, $2,500. 

Montana — Dist. Atty., Helena, $4,000; marshal, 
$3,500; deputy, $2,250. 

Nevada — Dist. Atty., Carson City, $3,000; mar- 
shal, $2,500. 

Oregon — Dipt. Atty., Portland, $4,500; marshal, 
$4,000. 

Eastern Washington — Dist. Atty., Spokane, 
$4,500; marshal, $4,000. 

Western Washington — Dist. Atty., Seattle, $4,500; 
asst., $2,500; marshal, Tacoma, $4,000; deputy, 
$2,250. 

Alaska, first division — 

Dist. Atty., Juneau, $3,000; asst., $2,000; marshal, 
$4,000; deputy, $2,000; asst., dist. atty., Ketchikan, 
$2,000. 

Alaska, second division — 

Asst, dist. atty., Nome, $2,500; asst. dist. atty., 
$2,500; asst. dist. atty., $2,500; marshal, $4,000; 
deputy marshal, $3,000; deputy marshal, $2,500; 
deputy marshal, $2,500; deputy marshal, $2,000; 
deputy marshal, $2,000; deputy marshal. Council, 
$2,300; deputy marshal, Nulato, 2,000; deputy mar- 
shal, St. Michael, $2,000; deputy marshal, Solomon, 
$2,000; deputy marshal. Candle, $2,500; deputy 
marshal. Teller, $2,300. 

Alaska third division- 
District attorney, Fairbanks, $3,000; asst. dist. 
atty., $2,000; asst. dist. atty., Valdez, $2,000; asst. 
dist. atty., Seward, $2,000; asst. dist. atty., Valdez, 
$2,000; marshal, Fairbanks, $4,000; deputy marshal, 
$2,500; deputy marshal, $2,000; deputy marshal, 
$2,000; deputy marshal, $2,000;; deputy marshal. 
Circle City, $2,000; deputy marshal, Cleary, $2,000; 



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deputy marshal, Eagle, $2,000; deputy marshal. 
Rampart, $2,000; deputy marshal, Shelton, $2,000; 
deputy marshal, Tanana, $2,000; deputy marshal, 
Wickersham, $2,000. 

Arizona — Dist. atty.. Phoenix, $4,000; asst,, $2,000; 
marshal, Tucson, $4,000. 

Hawaii — Dist. atty., Honolulu, $3,000; asst., 
$2,000; marshal, $2,500. 

Porto Rico— Dist. atty., $4,000; marshal, $3,500. 



DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. 

Dates Upon Which Present Incumbents Were 
Appointed. 

Alabama, Northern, Oliver D. Street, ap't'd Jan. 
14, 1908. 

Alabama, Middle, Warren S. Reese, ap't'd Apr 

25, 1910. 

Alabama, Southern, Wm. H. Armbrecht, ap't'd 
Feb. 2, 1908. 

Alaska, 1st Div., John Rustgard, ap't'd June 20, 
1910. 

Alaska, 2d Div., Bernard S. Rodey, ap't'd Dec 
13, 1910. 

Alaska, 3d Div., George R Walker, ap't'd Dec. 
19, 1910. 

Alaska, 4th Div., James J. Crossley, ap't'd May 
18, 1908. 

Arizona, Joseph E. Morrison, ap't'd Jan. 11, 1910. 

Arkansas, Eastern, Wm. G Whipple, ap't'd May 

18, 1909. 

Arkansas, Western, J. I. Worthington, ap't'd May 

26, 1909. 

California, Northern, Robt. T. Devlin, ap't'd Apr. 
25, 1910. 

Cai'fornia, Southern, A I. McCormick, ap't'd Apr. 

19, 1909. 

Colorado, Thomas Ward, Jr., ap't'd Feb. 17, 1908. 
Connecticut, John T. Robmson, ap't'd. Apr. 2, 1908. 
Delaware, John P. Nielde, ao't'd Dec. 10, 1907. 
District of Columbia, Clarence R. Wilson, ap't'd 
Apr. 6, 1910. 



116 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Florida, Northern, Fred C. Cubberiy, ap't'd Jan. 

12, 1909. 

Florida, Southern, John M. Cheney, ap't'd Jan 

25, 1910. 

Georgia, Northern, Farish C. Tate, ap't'd Apr. 6, 
1910. 

Georgia, Southern, Marion Erwin, ap't'd Jan. 11, 
1910. 

Hawaii (term 6 years), Robt. W. Breckons, ap't'd. 
Feb. 10, 1908. 

Idaho, Curg H_ Lingenfelter, ap't'd Dec. 16, 1908. 

Illinois, Northern, Jas. H. Wilkerson, ap't'd Aug. 

1, 1911. 

Illinois, Eastern, Wm. E- Trautmann, ap't'd Feb. 
22, 1910. 

Illinois, Southern, Wm. A. Northcott, ap't'd May 
6, 1910. 

Indiana, Charles W, Miller, ap't'd Apr. 1, 1909. 

Iowa, Northern, Frederick F. Faville, ap't'd Dec. 
10, 1907. 

Iowa, Southern, Marcellus L. Temple, ap't'd Dec. 
17, 1907. 

Kansas, Harry J. Bone, ap't'd Dec. 18, 1905. 

Kentucky, Eastern, Edwin P. Morrow, ap't'd Jan. 

26, 1911. 

Kentucky, Western, George Du Relle, ap't'd Mar. 

2, 1911. 

Louisiana, Eastern, Charlton R. Beattie, ap't'd 
Feb. 18, 1909- 

Louisiana, Western, E. H. Randolph, ap't'd Jan. 
1, 1911. 

Maine, Robt. T. Whitehouse, ap't'd Jan 16, 1910. 

Maryland, John P. Hill, ap't'd Apr. 4, 1910. 

Massachusetts, Asa P. French, ap't'd Jan. 11, 1910. 

Michigan, Eastern, Arthur J Tuttle, ap't'd Sept. 
1, 1911. 

Michigan, Western, Fred C- Wetmore, ap't'd Dec. 

13, 1910, 

Minnesota, Charles C. Houpt, ap't'd June 7, 1910. 
Mississippi, Northern, William D. Frazee, ap't'd 
Jan. 31, 1910. 

Mississippi, Southern, Robert C. Lee, ap't'd May 
9, 1911. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 117 

Missouri, Eastern, Charles A Houts, ap't'd Jan. 
27, 1910. 

Missouri, Western, Leslie J. Lyons, ap't'd. June 
24, 1910. 

Montana, James W. Freeman, ap't'd June 1, 1908. 

Nebraska, Francis S. Howell, ap't'd Feb. 1, 1910. 

Nevada, Samuel Piatt, ap't'd Jan. 19, 1910. 

New Hampshire, Charles W. Hoitt, ap't'd Feb 

12, 1911. 

New Jersey, John B- Vreeland, ap't'd Dec. 10, 
1907. 

New Mexico, David J. Leahy, ap't'd Dec. 16, 1907. 

New York, Northern, George B. Curtiss, ap't'd 
Apr. 1, 1909. 

New York, Southern, Henry A Wise, ap't'd Apr. 
1, 1909. 

New York, Eastern, Wm. J. Youngs, ap't'd Jan. 
18, 1911. 

New York, Western, John Lord O'Brian, ap't'd 
March 4, 1909. 

North Carolina, Eastern, Herbert F. Seawell, 
ap't'd Feb. 28, 1910. 

North Carolina, Western, Alfred E Holton^ ap't'd. 
Jan. 31, 1911. 

North Dakota, Edw. Engerud, ap't'd Jan. 31, 1911- 

Ohio, Northern, U. G. Denman, ap't'd May 9, 1911. 

Ohio, Southern, S. T. McPherson, ap't'd Dec. 10, 
1907. 

Oklahoma, Eastern, Wm J. Gregg, ap't'd Jan- 

13, 1908. 

Oklahoma, Western, John Embry, ap't'd Feb. 19, 
1908. 

Oregon, John McCourt, ap't'd March 17, 1908. 

Pennsylvania, Eastern, J. Whitaker Thompson, 
ap't'd Apr. 29, 1908. 

Pennsylvania, Middle, Andrew B. Dunsmore, ap't'd 
March 3, 1911. 

Pennsylvania, Western, John H- Jordan, ap't'd 
Apr. 15, 1909. 

Porto Rico, Byron S. Ambler, ap't'd Feb. 23, 1911. 

Rhode Island, Walter R. Stiness, ap't'd. Sept. 1 
1911. 



118 OFFICE SEEKEKS' BLUE BOOK. 

South Carolina, Ernest F. Cochran, ap't'd Feb. 
1, 1910. 

South Dakota, Edward E- Wagner, ap't'd Apr 

I, 1909. 

Tennessee, Eastern, James B. Cox, ap't'd May 

II, 1910. 

Tennessee, Middle, Abrann M. Tillman, ap't'd Feb. 
1, 1910. 

Tennessee, Western, Casey Todd, ap't'd June 8, 
1910. 

Texas, Northern, Wm. H. Atwell, ap't'd June, 
19, 1910. 

Texas, Southern, Lock McDaniel, ap't'd Jan 16, 
1907. 

Texas, Eastern, James W. Ownby, ap't'd July 1, 
1910. 

Texas, Western, Charles A. Boynton, ap't'd June 
19, 1910. 

Utah, Hiram E. Booth, ap't'd June 27, 1910. 
Vermont, Alexander Dunnett, ap't'd Dec. 13, 1910. 
Virginia, Eastern, Lunsford L. Lewis, ap't'd Jan. 

25, 1910. 

Virginia, Western, Barnes Gillespie, ap't'd March 

9, 1910- 

Washington, Eastern, Oscar Cain, ap't'd Dec. 13, 
1910. 

Washington, Western, Elmer Ely Todd, ap't'd Dec. 

10, 1907. 

West Virginia, Northern, H. Roy Waugh, ap^t'd 
Jan. 6, 1910. 

West Virginia, Southern, Harold A. Ritz, ap't'd 
Apr. 26, 1909. 

Wisconsin, Eastern, Guy D Goff, ap't'd July 6, 
1911. 

Wisconsin, Western, George H. Gordon, ap't'd Apr. 

26, 1909. 

Wyoming, Timothy F. Burke, ap't'd Dec. 10, 1907. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 119 

MARSHALS. 

Dates Upon Which Present Incumbents Were Ap- 
pointed. 

Alabama, Northern, Pope M Long, ap't'd Jan- 
14, 1910. 

Alabama, Middle, Benjamin E. Walker, ap't'd Jan. 
31, 1910. 

Alabama, Southern, Gilbert B. Deans, apTd Jan. 
14, 1908. 

Alasica, 1st Div., Herbert L. Faulkner, ap't'd May 
9, 1911. 

Alaska, 2d Div. Thomas C. Powell, ap't'd June 
16, 1909. 

Alaska, 3d Div., Harvey P. Sullivan, ap't'd July 

I, 1909. 

Alaska, 4th Div. Henry K Love, ap't'd Jan. 13, 
1909. 

Arizona, Charles A. Overlook, ap't'd Jan. 11^ 1910. 

Arkansas, Eastern, Harmon L. Remmel, * ap't'd 
May 25, 1910. 

Arkansas, Western, John F. Mayes, ap't'd May 
4, 1910. 

California, Northern, Charles T. Elliott, ap't'd 
June 22, 1910. 

California, Southern, L. V. Youngworth, ap't'd 
June 22, 1910. 

Colorado, Dewey C. Bailey, ap't'd Mar. 2, 1911. 

Connecticut, Sidney E. Hawley, ap't'd Jan. 31, 
1911. 

Delaware, Ralph I. Flinn, ap't'd Dec. 21, 1910. 

District of Columbia, Aulick Palmer, ap't'd Jan. 
9, 1910. 

Florida, Northern, Thos. F. McGourin, ap't'd Feb. 
27, 1911, 

Florida, Southern, John F. Horr, ap't'd Feb. 18, 
1910. 

Georgia, Northern, Walter H. Johnson, ap't'd Jan. 

II, 1910. 

Georgia, Southern, George F. White, ap't'd Jan. 
20, 1909. 

Hawaii (term 6 years), Eugene R. Hendry ap't'd 
Feb. 10, 1908. 



120 OFFICE SEEKERS ' BLUE BOOK. 

Idaho, Shadrach L. Hodgin, ap't'd Dec. 16, 1908. 

Illinois, Northern, Luman T. Hoy, ap't'd Aug. 1, 
1911. 

Illinois, Eastern, Charles P. Hitch, ap't'd Feb. 
22, 1910. 

Illinois, Southern, Wm. H. Beh re ns, ap't'd May 6, 
1910. 

Indiana, Edward H. Schmidt, ap't'd May 9, 1911. 

Iowa, Northern, Edward Knott, ap't'd Dec. 10, 
1907. 

Iowa, Southern, Frank B. Clark, ap't'd Dec. 10, 
1907. 

Kansas, John R. Harrison, ap't'd July 24, 1911. 

Kentucky, Eastern, Asbury B. Patrick^ ap't'd Jan. 
25, 1910. 

Kentucky, Western, George W. Long, ap't'd June 
7, 1910. 

Louisiana, Eastern, Victor Loisel, ap't'd May 19, 
1908. 

Louisiana, Western, Ben Ingouf, ap't'd Dec. 13, 
1910. 

Maine, Henry W. Mayo, ap't'd Dec. 10, 1907. 

Maryland, George W. Padgett, ap't'd July 17, 1910. 

Massachusetts, Guy Murchie, ap't'd Apr. 28, 1908. 

Michigan, Eastern, Mllo D. Campbell, ap't'd May 
2, 1910. 

Michigan, Western, Nicholas J. Whelan, ap't'd 
Feb. 1, 1911. 

Minnesota, Wm. H. Grimshaw, ap't'd Dec. 19, 
1907. 

Mississippi, Northern, Aaron M. Storer, ap't'd Apr. 
28, 1908. 

Mississippi, Southern, Frederick W. Collins, ap't'd 
Feb. 6, 1910. 

Missouri, Eastern, Ed. F. Regenhardt, ap't'd June 
21, 1910. 

Missouri, Western, Albert J. Martin, ap't'd Dec. 
13, 1910. 

Montana, William Lindsay, ap't'd May 1, 1911. 
'Nebraska, William P. Warner, ap't'd Jan. 25, 1910. 

Nevada, H. J. Humphreys, ap't'd May 18, 1910. 

New Hampshire, Eugene P. Nute, ap't'd Dec. 19, 
1907. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 121 

New Jersey, Thomas J. Alcott, ap't'd May 17, 
1910. 

New Mexico, Creighton M. Foraker, ap't'd Jan. 
11, 1910. 

New York, Northern, Van Rensselaer Weaver, 
ap'td Jan. 17, 1910. 

New York, Southern, William Henkel, ap't'd Jan. 
17, 1910. 

New York, Eastern, Chas. J. Haubert, ap't'd Apr. 
22, 1910. 

New York, Western, Wm. R. Compton, ap't'd Jan. 
26, 1909. 

North Carolina, Eastern, Claudius Dockery, ap't'd 
March 8, 1910. 

North Carolina, Western, Wm. E. Logan, ap't'd 
March 8, 1910. 

North Dakota, James F. Shea, ap't'd Feb. 18, 
1910. 

Ohio, Northern, Hyman D. Davis, ap't'd Aug. 22, 
1911. 

Ohio, Southern, Eugene L. Lewis, ap't'd Jan. 26, 
1911. 

Oklahoma, Eastern, Samuel G. Victor, ap't'd Mar. 
31, 1908. 

Oklahoma, Western, William S. Cade, ap't'd Feb. 
15, 1911. 

Oregon, Leslie M. Scott, ap't'd Aug. 22, 1911. 

Pennsylvania, Eastern, John B. Robinson, ap't'd 
Jan. 10, 1905. 

Pennsylvania, Middle, James M. Yeager, ap't'd 
Dec. 21, 1907. 

Pennsylvania, Western, Enos Hadsell Porter, 
ap't'd Jan. 24, 1910. 

Porto Rico, Harry S. Hubbard, ap't'd Jan. 25, 
1910. 

Rhode Island, Daniel R. Ballon, ap't'd Feb. 20, 

South Carolina, J. Duncan Adams, ap't'd March 
1, 1911. 

South Dakota, Seth Bullock, ap't'd Feb. 8, 1910. 

Tennessee, Eastern, James S. Crumbliss, ap't'd 
Apr. 25, 1910. 



122 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUB BOOK. 

Tennessee, Middle, John W. Overall, ap't'd March 

9, 1910. 

Tennessee, Western, J. Sam JoKnsan, ap't'd Apr. 
25, 1910. 

Texas, Northern, George H. Green, ap't'd March 
2, 1911. 

Texas, Southern, Calvin G. Brewster, ap't'd Feb. 
8, 1911. 

Texas, Eastern, Dupont B. Lyon, ap't'd June 6, 
1910. 

Texas, Western, Eugene Nolte ap't'd March 4, 
1910. 

Utah, James H. Anderson, ap't'd July 23, 1909. 

Vermont, Horace W. Bailey, ap't'd Dec. 10, 1907. 

Virginia, Eastern, Clarence G. Smithers, ap't'd 
Jan. 25, 1910. 

Virginia, Western, Robert A. Fulwiler, ap't'd Mar. 
20, 1910. 

Washington, Eastern, W. A. Halteman, apf'd 
Feb. 15, 1911. 

Washington, Western, Jos. R. H. Jacoby, ap't'd 
Feb. 15, 1911. 

West Virginia, Northern, James E. Doyle, ap't'd 
Jan. 6, 1910. 

West Virginia, Southern, Frank H. Tyree, ap't'd 
Jan. 6, 1910. 

Wisconsin, Eastern, Harry A. Weil, ap't'd July 6. 
1911. 

Wisconsin, Western, Rockwell J. Flint, ap't'd Feb. 

10, 1908. 

Wyoming, Louis G. Davis, ap't'd Feb. 28, 1907. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Secretary, $12,000. 
Assistant Secretary, $4,500. 
Chief Clerk, $3,000. 

Private Secretary to the Secretary, $2,500. 
Disbursing Clerk, $2,500. 
Appointment Clerk, $2,000. 
Chiefs of Divisions, four, $2,000 eacli. 
Board of Ordnance and Fortification- 
Civilian member, $5,000. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 123 

Military Academy, West Point — 
Superintendent, $5,000. 

Alaska Road Commission — 

Superintendent, Alaska, $4,000. 

Superintendent, Alaska, $3,600. 

Superintendent, Alaska, $2,700. 

Superintendent, Alaska, $2,400. 

Superintendent, Alaska, $2,100. 
National Park Commissions — 

Chickamauga and Chattanooga, chairman, $3,600; 
commissioner, $3,600. 

Gettysburg, chairman, $3,600; two commissioners, 
$3,600 each. 

Shiloh, chairman, $3,000; commissioners, two, 
$3,000 each; secretary and historian, $3,000. 

VIcksburg, chairman, $3,600; commissioners, two, 
$3,600 each; secretary and historian, $3,600. 
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers — 

Board of managers — President, $4,000; secretary, 
$2,000; treasurer, $4,000. 

Assistant general treasurer and assistant inspec- 
tor-general, New York, $2,500; inspector general and 
chief surgeon, $3,500; assitsant inspector-general, 
two, $2,500 each. 

Eastern branch, Togus, Maine — Governor, $3,000; 
treasurer, $2,062.50; surgeon, $2,000. 

Central branch, Dayton, Ohio — Governor, $3,300; 
treasurer, $2,525; surgeon, $2,400; quartermaster, 
$2,000. 

Southern branch, Hampton, Va. — Governor, $3,000; 
treasurer, $2,062.50; surgeon, $2,400. 

Western branch, Leavenworth, Kan.— Governor, 
$3,000; treasurer, $2,062.50; surgeon, $2,400. 

Northwestern branch, Milwaukee, Wis. — Governor, 
$3,000; treasurer, $2,062.50; surgeon, $2,400. 

PacSific branch, Los Angeles — Governor, $3,000; 
treasurer, $2,062.50; surgeon, $2,400. 

Marion (Ind), branch — Governor, $3,000; treasurer, 
$2,062.50, surgeon, $2,400. 

Danville (III), branch — Governor, $3,000; treasur 
er, $2,062.50; surgeon, $2,400. 

Mountain branch, Johnson City, Tenn. — Governor, 
$3,000; treasurer, $2,062.50; surgeon, $2,000. 



124 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, S. D.— 
Governor and surgeon, $2,750; treasurer, $2,062.50. 
Isthmian Canal Commission — 

Commissioners: Ciiairman, $15,000; army officers, 
four, $14,000 each; civilians, two, $14,000, each; 
secretary, $10,000; assistant, $3,600. 

Hundreds of positions at good salaries of design- 
ers, engineers, auditors, Purchasing Deputies, at- 
torneys, etc. 

Tho completion of the canal will throw hundreds 
of people out of employment. These are now under 
the Classified Service. 



POSTOFFIOE DEPARTMENT. 

Postmaster General, $12,000. 

Chief clerk, $3,000. 

Private secretary, $2,500. 

Purchasing agent, $4,000. 

Appointment clerk, $2,000. 

Disbursing clerk, $2,250. 

Chief inspector, $4,000. 

Inspectors, fifteen at $3,000; ten at $2,400; fifteen 
at $2,250; fifteen at $2,000 each. 

First Asst. PMG., $5,000 — Superintendent of di- 
visions, $4,000; two at $3,000 each; chief clerk, 
$2,500; asst. supts. of divisions, twelve at $2,000. 

Second Asst. PMG., $4,500 — General superinten- 
dent, $4,000; chief clerk, $2 500; chief clerk of 
division, $2,000; superintendents of divisions, twelve 
at $3,000 each; chief of division, four at $2,000. 

Third Asst. PMG., $4,500— chief clerk, $2,500; 
supt. of divisions, $3,500; two at $2,750 each; two 
at $2,250 each; chief of divisioni-, $2,000; asst. supts. 
seven, at $2,000 each; special agents, four at 
$2 000; stamped envelope agent, $2,500; postal card 
agent, $2,500. 

Fourth Asst. PMG., $4,500 — Chief clerk, $2,500; 
supt. of division, $3,000; two at $2,500 each. 

Thousands of Postmasters 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 125 

NAVY DEPARTMENT. 

Secretary, $12,000. 
Private Secretary, $2,500. 
Assistant Secretary, $5,000. 
Chief Clerk, $3,000. 
Disbursing Clerk, $2,250. 
Confidential Clerk, $2,250. 



INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. 

Secretary, $12,000. 

First assistant, $6,000; asst| secy., $4,500. 

Chief clerk and supt., $2,000. 

Private secretary, $2,500. 

Indian inspector and chief irrigation engineer, 
$3,500; same, $2,500. 

Indian inspector In the field, twelve at $2,500 
each. 

Chief of divisions, four and chiefs of appoint- 
ments of finance and of Gupplies, $2,250 each. 

Chief of pension appeals, $2,500; members, 
twenty-six, $2,000 each. 

Assistant attorney, one at $3,000; one at $2,750; 
three at $2,500; four at $2,250 and ten at $2,000 
each. 

Land Office — 

Commissioner of the general land office, $5,000. 

Asst. commissioner, $3,500. 

Chief clerk, $2,500. 

Recorder, $2,000. 

Depositor of public monies, $2,000. 

Chiefs of divisions, two at $2,400; nine at $2,000. 

Principal examiner of land claims and contests, 
twelve, $2,000 each. 

Examiner of mineral claims, etc., two at $2,000 
each. 

Inspector of land offices In the field, three at 
$2,000 each. 

Mine inspectors In New Mexico, $2,000. 

Surveyor-general, Juneau, Alaska, $4,000. 



126 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Surveyor-general, Helena, Mont.; Portland, Ore.; 
Boise, Idaho; San Francisco, Cheyenne, Wyo;; Salt 
Lake City, Phoenix, Olympia, Denver; Sante Fe, 
Huron, S. D.; Bismark, N. D. and Juneau, Alaska, 
$2,000 each. 

Registers and receivers, not to eixceed $3,000 
each. 

Indian Bureau — 

CommiGsioner of Indian affairs, $5,000. 

Assistant commissioner, $3,000. 

Chief clerk, $2,250. 

Chief of division, three, at $2,000 each. 

Supt. of Indian schools, $3,000. 

Secretary of Board of Commissioners, $2,500. 

Commissioner Five Civilized Tribes, $5,000; chief 
clerk, disbupaing agent, $2,000 each. 

Indian agent, Muskogee, $3,000. 

Special agent in the field, five, at $2,000 each. 

Allottment commissioners, Pawhuska, Okla., three 
at $2,500 each. 

Special allotting agents in the field, twelve, $8 
per day. 

Superintendent of asylum, Canton, S. D., $2,500. 

Superintendent of warehouse, New York, N. Y., 
$2,250. 

Superintendent of warehouse, Chicago, III., $2,000. 

Superintendent of warehouse, St. Louis, Mo., 
$2,000. 

Superintendent of warehouse, San Francisco, Cal., 
$2,000. 

General superintendent of logging, in the field, 
$3,000. 

Supervisor of construction, in the field, $2,500. 

Supervisor of englneerng, in the field, $2,500. 

Superintendent of irrigation, in the field, $2,500. 

Superintendent of irrigation, in the field, $2,500. 

Superintendent of irrigation, Los Angeles, Cal., 
$2,200. 

Superintendent of irrigation, in the field, $2,000. 

Superintendent of Irrigation, in the field, $2,000. 

Special officer, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 
$2,500. 

Supervisor, In the field, $2,000 



OFFICE SEEKERS^ BLUE BOOK. 127 

Supervisor/ in tiie field, $2,000. 
Supervisor, Navajo, N. Mex., $2,000. 
Supervisor, in the field, $2,000. 
Superintendent, Phoenix, Ariz., $2,500. 
Superintendent, Riverside, Cal., $2,500. 
Superintendent, Chllocco, Okla., $2,500. 
Superintendent, Lawrence, Kans., $2,500. 
Superintendent, Chemawa, Oreg., $2,000. 
Assistant superintendent, Carlisle, Pa., $2,000. 

Pension Office — 
Commissioner, $5,000. 
First and second' deputy, each, $3,600. 
Chief clerk, $2,250. 
Medical referee, $3,000. 
Pension agents, $4,000 each — 

Patent Office — 
Commissioner, $5,000. 
Assistant commissioner, $3,000. 
Chief clerk, $2,500. 

Interference examiners, etc., forty, $2,500 each. 
Chief of division, six, $2,000 each. 

Bureau of Education — 
Commissioner, $3,500. 
Chief clerk, $2,000. 
Chief of Alaska division, $2,500. 
General agent of Alaska, $2,400. 
District supt., Alaska, $2,100. 

Geological Survey — 
Director, $6,000. 
Chief Clerk, disbursing clerk, $2,500 each. 

Reclamation Service — 
Director, $6,000. 
Chief engineer, $4,800. 

Supervising engineer, Phoenix, Ariz., $4,800. 
Supervising engineer, Portland, Ore., $4,500. 
Supervising engineer, Huntley, Mont., $4,500. 
Supervising engineer, Washington, D. C, $4|200. 
Supervising engineer. Prove, Utah, $4,200. 
Supervising engineer, Mitchell, Neb., $4,200. 
Supervising engineer, Boise, Idaho, $4,000. 



128 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Supervising engineer, Fallon, Nev., $4,000. 

Assistant supervising engineer, Portland, Ore., 
$3,900. 

Consulting engineer, Madison, Wis., $4,500. 

Consulting engineer, Los Angeles, Cal., $4,000. 

Consulting engineer, Glendive, Mont., $2,700. 

Consulting engineer, Boiise, Idaho, p. d. $18. 

Consulting engineer, in the field, p. d. $13. 

Consulting engineer, in the field, p. d. $12. 

Consulting engineer, Madison,. Wis., p.d. $9. 

Constructing engineer, Corbett, Wyo., $3,900. 

Constructing engineer, Boise Idaho, $3,600 

Constructing engineer, Roosevelt, Ariz., $3,600. 

Electrical engineer, Williston, N. Dak., $3,300. 

Superintendent, Yuma, Ariz., $2400^ 

Superintendent, Thistle, Utah, p. m. $250. 

Superintendent of construction, Zillah, Wash., 
$3,000. 

Superintendent of construction, Zillah, Wash., 
$2,400. 

Superintendent of construction, Corbett Tunnel, 
Wyo. pep month, $185. 

Superintendent of construction, Garland, Wyo., 
p_m. $175. 

Superintendent of construction, Carlsbad, N. Mex., 
p. m. $172. 

Engineer and superintendent of construction, La- 
guna Dam, Ariz., $2,400. 



DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 

Secretary, $12,000. 

Assistant secretary, $5,000. 

Chief clerk, $2,500. 

Solicitor, $3,500. 

Private secretary, $2,500, 

Appointment clerk, $2,000. 

Chief or division, $2,000. 

Executive clerk and stenographer, $2,000. 

Weather Bureau — 
Chief, $5,000. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. JJi^ 

Assistant, $3,000. 

Chief clerk, $2,250. 

Chief of division, one at $2,750; six at $2,000 
each. 

District forecasters, Portland, Ore.; Denver, New 
Orleans, New York City, Louisville, Ky., and Bos- 
ton, $2,400 each. 

Local forecaters, St. Louis, Buffalo, Pittsburg 
^nd Cleveland, $2,000 each. 

Section director, Columbus, O.; Baltimore, $2,000 
each. 

Inspector, Detroit, $2,000. 
Forestry Service — 

Forester, $5,000 

Assistant, $3,500; two at $3,000; two at $2,700. 

Chief clerk, $2,000. 

Bureau of Chemistry — 

Chief, $5,000. 

Assistant, $3,500. 

Chief of laboratory, one at $3,000; two at 
$2,750 and five at $2,250 each. 

PARTIAL CIVIL SERVICE. 
Bureau of Animal Industry — 

Chief, $5,000. 
Assistant, $3,000. 
Chief Clerk, $2,000. 

Chief of division, two at $3,500 each; two at 
$2,700 each; two at $2,500 each. 

Superintendent of experiment stationc, $3,000. 

Bureau of Plant Industry — 

Chief, $5,000. 

Assistant, $3,500. 

Chief clerk, $2,250. 

Superintendent of testing gardens, $3,000. 
Bureau of Soils — 

Chief, $3,500. 

Chief clerk, $2,000. 

Division of Publication — 
Chief, $3,000. 
Assistant, $2,250. 



ISO OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Bureau of Statistics — 
Chief, $3,500. 

Office of Ebcperlment Station — 
Director, $3,500. 
Assistant, $3,000. 

Office of Public Roads Inquiri 
Director, $2,750. 
Assistant, $9 per day. 



DEPT. OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. 

Secretary, $12,000. 

Asst. secretary, $5,000. ^ 

Chief clerk, $3,000. 

Disbursing clerk, $2,750. 

Private secretary, $2,500. 

Chief, appointment div^lsion, $2,250. 

Chief of division, two, $2,000 each. 

Alaskan Seal Fisheries — 

Agent, $3,650; asst. agent, $2,920; asst. agent, 
two ^t $2,000 each. 

Bureau of Manufactures — 

Chief, $4,000. 

Asst. chief, $2,500. 

Chief of division, $2,100. 

Tariff expert, $2,500. 

Special agent, aboard, three, $10 per day, each. 
Bureau of CorporationG — 

Commissioner, $5,000; deputy, $3,500; chief clerk, 
$2,000. 

Bureau of Labor — 
Commissioner, $5,000. 
Chief statistician, $3,000. 

Census Bureau — 
Director, $6,000. 
Chief clerk, $3,000. 
Disbursing and appointment clerk, $2,50a 

Coast and Geodetic Survey — 
Superintendent, $6,000. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 131 

Assi<^ant two, $4,000 each; one at $3,200; fivei 
at $3,000; five at $2,500; eight at $2,200. 

Bureau of Statistics — 
Chief, $4,000. 
Chief clerk, $2,250. 
Chief of division, $2,000. 

Steamboat Inspection Service — 

Supervising inspector general, $4,000. 

Chief clerk, $2,000. 

First District — Supervising inspector, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal., $3,000; local inspector of hulls, San 
Francisco, CaL, $2250; local inspector of boilers, 
San Francisco, Cal , $2,250; local inspector or 
hulls,, Seattle, W,as'h. $2250; local inspector of 
boilers Seattle, Wash., $2,250; local inopector of 
hulls Juneau, Alaska, $2,000; local inspector of 
boilers, Juneau, Alaska, $2,000; local inspector of 
hulls, St. Michael, Alaska, $2,000; local Inspector 
of boiler's, St. Michael, Alaska, $2,000. 

Second District — Supervising inspector, New York, 
$3,000; local inspector of hulls, two, $2,500 each; 
assistant inspector of hulls thirteen, $2,000 each; 
asGistant inspector of boilers, thirteen, $2,000 each. 

Third District — Supervising inspector, Norfolk, 
Va., $3,000; local inspector of hulls, Norfolk, Va., 
$2,000; local inspector of boilers, Norfolk, Va., 
$2,000; local inspector of hulls, Baltimore, Md., 
$2,250; local inspector of boilers, Baltimore, Md., 
$2 250. 

Fourth District — Supervising inspector, St. Louis, 
Mo., $3,000. 

Fifth District — ^Supervising inspector, St. Louis, 
Iowa, $3,000; local inspector of hulb, Duluth, Minn., 
$2000; local inspector of boilers, Duluth, Minn., 
$2,000. 

Sixth District — Supervising inspector, Louisville, 
Ky., $3,000. 

Seventh District — Supervising inspector, Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, $3,000. 

Eighth Ditrict— 'Supervising inspector, Detroit, 
Mich., $3,000; local inspector of hulls, Chicago, 
III., $2,000; local inspector of boilers, Chicago, 



132 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

III., $2,000; local inspector of hulls, Milwaukee, 
Wis., $2,000; local inspector of boilers, Milwaukee, 
Wis., $2,000; local inspector of hulis> Grand Haven, 
Mich., $2,000; local inspector of boilers. Grand 
Haven, Mich., $2,000. 

Ninth District — Supervising inspector, Cleveland, 
Ohio, $3,000; local inspector of hulls, Cleveland, 
Ohio, $2,000; local inspector of boilers, Cleveland, 
Ohio, $2,000 local inspector of hullis, Buffalo, N. Y., 
$2,250; local inspector of boilers, Buffalo, N. Y., 
$2,250. 

Tenth District — Supervising inspector, New Or- 
leans, La., $3,000 local inspector of hulls. New 
Orleans, La., $2,250; local inspector of boilers. 
New Orleans, La., $2,250. 

Bureau of Fisheries — 

Commissioner, $5,000; deputy commissioner, 
$3,000; chief clerk, $2,400; assistant in charge 
$2,700; assistant in charge, $2,700; assistant in 
charge, $2,500; accountant, $2,100; archltest and 
engineer, $2,200; scientific assistant, $2,500; agent, 
salmon fisheries, Alaska, $2,500; assistant agent, 
salmon fisheries, Alaska, $2,000. 

Bureau of Navigation — 

Comm'ssioner $4,000; deputy commissioner, 
$2,400; chief clerk, $2,000; shiping commissioner. 
New York, N. Y., $5,000; shipping commissioner, 
San Francisco ,Cal., $4,000; shipping commissioner, 
Philadelphia, Pa., $2,900; shipping commissioner. 
Port Townsend, Wash., $2750; shipping commis- 
sioner, Honolulu, Hawaii, $2,500; shipping commis- 
sioner, New Orleans, La., $2,500; shipping commis- 
sioner, Boston, Mass., $2,500; shipping cimmlsslon- 
er, Baltimore, Md., $2,500; shipping commissioner, 
Bath, Me., $2,500; shipping commissioner Portland, 
Me., $2 500; shipping commissioner, Pascagoula, 
Miss., $2,000; shipping commissioner, Norfolk, Va., 
$2,000; shipping commissioner, Belfast, Me., $2,000; 
shipping commissioner, Newport, News, Va., $2,000; 
shipping commissioner, Providence, R. I., $2,000; 
shipping commissioner, Castine, Me., $2,000; ship- 
ping commssioner, New Bedford, Mass , $2,000; 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 135 

shfppincf Gommlssionep, Gloucester, Mass., $2,000; 
chipping commissioner, Pensacola, Fla., $2,000; 
hipping commissoiner, Rockland, Me., $2,000. 

Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization — 

Commissioner-general, $5,000; assistant commis- 
sioner-general, $3,000; chief of division, $3,500; 
chief of division, $3,500; assistant chief of divi- 
sion, $2,500; assistant chief of division, $2,500; 
special immigrant inspector, $2,500; special im- 
migrant inspector, $2,500; statistician and steno- 
grapher, $2,000; immigrant inspector, $2,000; Chi- 
nese inspector, p. d.^ $6. 

Immigration Service at Larger 

Commtssionep Baltimore, Md., $4,000; immigrant 
inspector, Baltimore, Md., $2,500;; immigrant in- 
spector, Blaine, Wash., $2,000; commissioner, Bos- 
ton, Mass., $4,000; immigrant inspector, Boston, 
Mass., $2,500; immigrant inspector, Boston, $2,000; 
Chinese inspector, Boston Mass., $2,000; Chinese 
inpector, Buffalo, N. Y., p. d. $5; chief 
Immigrant inpector Chicago, III., p. d-, $685; 
Chinese inspector, Chicago, III., p. d. $6; immigrant 
inspector, Cleveland, Ohio, p^ d. $6; (immigrant in- 
spector, Denver, Colo., p. d. $6; immigrant inspector, 
Detroit, Mich, $2,000; Chinese inspector, Detroit, 
Mich., p. d. $6; commisisioner, Ellis Island, N. Y., 
$6,500; assistant commissioner, Ellis Island, N. Y., 
$4,500; chief clerk, Ellis Island, N. Y., $2,400; 
civil engineer, Ellis Island, N, Y., $2,000; immi- 
grant inspector, Ellis Island, N.Y., $2,000; superin- 
tendent, Ellis Island, N. Y., p. d. $8; immigrant in- 
spector, Ellis Island, N. Y., ten, $2,000 each; immi- 
grant inspector, Ellis Island, N. Y., p. d.$7; immi- 
grant inspector, Ellis Island, N. Y., p.d. $6 85; immi- 
grant inspector, Ellis Island, N. Y., six* $6 each 
immigrant inspec^^ror, El Paso, Tex., p.d- $6; immigrant 
inspector, Galveston, Tex., p.d. $6; Immigrant in- 
spector, GulfpoPi Ms?., $2,000; immigrant inST=-top 
Halifax, N. S., p.d $6; Chinese inspector, Helena, 
Mont., p.d. $6; immigrant inspector, Honolulu, 
Hawaii, $3,000; immigrant in'spector, Honolulu, 
$2,000; Chinese inspector, Honolulu, Hawaii, $2,000; 



154 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUB BOOK. 

immigrant inspector, Jacksonville, Fla., p.d. $6; 
immigrant inspector, Ketchikan, Alasl<a; p, d. $6; 
Chinese inspecter, Los Angeles, Cal., p.d. $6; Chi- 
nese iniGpector, IVIalone, N. Y., $2,000; immigrant 
inspector, IViarcus, Wash., p.d. $6; immigrant in- 
spector, IVIobiie, Ala., $2000; comnrissinner, iVIont- 
real, Can , $4,000; assistant commissionfir, Mont- 
real, Can., p.d. $7; immigrant inspector, Montreal, 
Can., $2,000; immigrant inspector, Montreal, Can., 
$2,000; immigrant inspector, New Bedford, Mass., 
p.d. $6; Immigrant inspector, New Orleans, La», 
p. d. $6; immigrant inspector, Newport, Vt., $2,000 
Chinese Inspector, New York, N. Y., $2,250; Chinese 
inspector, Niagara Falls, N. Y., p.d. $6; immigrant 
inspector, Norfolk, Va., p.d. $6; commissioner, 
Philadelphia, Pa., $4,000; immigrant inspector, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa., $2,000; chief immigrant inspector, 
Philadelphia, Pa., $2,400; Chinese inspector, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa., $2 000; Chinese inspector, Portal, 
N. Dak., p.d. $6; immigrant Inspector, Ponce, P. R., 
p.d. $6.; Immigrant inspector. Port Huron, MicK., 
p. d .$6; Chinese inspector, Portland, Ore., p. d,' 
$6; immigrant inspector, Quebec, Can., $2,000; Chi- 
nese inspector, RIchford, Vt., $2,000; St John, 
N. B., p.d. $6; Chinese inspector, Salt Lake City, 
Utah, p.d. $6; Chinese inspector, St. Louis, Mo., 
p d. $8; immigrant Inspector, San Antonio, Tex, 
$2,000; supervising Inspector, San Antonio, Tex., 
$4,000; immigrant inspector, San Diego, Ca!., 
$2,000; commissioner, San Francisco, Cal., $4000; 
immigrant inspector, San Francisco, Cal., $2,200; 
Chinese inspector, San Francisco, Cal., p. d. $8; 
Chinese Inspector and interpreter, San Francisco, 
Cal., p d. $6; commissioner, San Juan, P. R., $2,500; 
interpreter, San JuJan, P. R., $2000; immigrant 
Inspector, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., p.d. $6; immi- 
grant Inspector, Seattle, Wasr , $2 500; Chinese 
Inspector, Seattle, Wash., p.d. $6; Chinese In- 
spector, Sumas, Wash., $2 000; immigrant inspector, 
Tampa, Fla., $2,000; Chinese inspector, Tucson, 
Ariz., p.d. $6; immigrant inspector, Vancouver, 
B C, p.d. $6; immigrant Inspector, Vancouver, 
B. C, p.d. $6; immigrant inspector, Winnepeg, 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 135 

Man., $2,000; immigrant inspector, Yarmouth, N. S., 
$2,000; immigrant inspector, Yarmouth, N. S., p. d. 
$6; immigrant inspector, at large, p. d. $8. 

Bureau of Standards- 
Director, $5,000. 
Secretary, $2,000. 

Government Printing Office — 

Public printer, $5,500. 

Deputy, $3,600. 

Private secretary, $2,250. 

Solicitor, $2,250. 

3,000 employes, from superintendent of docu- 
ments to press feeder ,and folder, under Civil 
Service but subject to influence. 



TERRITORIES. 



The Territories: — 

Governor of Alaska, $5,000; Governor of Ar^izona, 
$2,600; Governor of Hawaii, $5,000; Secretary, 
Honolulu, Hawaii, $3,000; Governor of New Mexico, 
$2,600; Governor of Porto Rico, $8,000; Secretary 
of Porto Rico, $4,000; Commissioner of Interior, 
$4,000; Commissioner of Education, $3,000. 



INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. 

Commissioners, seven, $10,000 each. 

Secretary, $5,000. 

Solicitor, $3,500. 

Attorney, one at $3,000 and two at $2,750 each. 

Auditor, $2,750. 

Disbursing clerk, $2,500. 

Assistant auditors, $2,500. 

Statistician, $5,000. 

Assistant Statistician, $2,500. 

Special agent, $3,000. 

Confidential clerk, five, $2,000 each. 



136 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 

8upt. of Capitol Buildings and Grounds:^— 

Superintendent, $5,000; cFiief clerk, $2,000; chief 

electKcal engineer, $2,400. 

Five judges of municipal court, each, $4^000 and 

police court judge, $3,000; juvenile court magistrate^ 

$3,500. 

Govt. Hospital for the Insane: — 

Superintendent, $4,000; First assistant physician, 
$2,500. 
Freedmen's Hospital:— 

Surgeon in chief, $2,500. 

Howard University: — 
President, $4,000; secretary and treasurer, $2,100- 

Recorder of Deeds: — 

Recorder, $4,000; deputy recorder, $2,500. 

Register of Wills: — 

Register, $4,000; deputy register, $2,000. 

National Parks and Reservations: — 
Superintendent, Hot Springs, Ark, $3,000. 



UNITED STATES SENATE. 

Office of the Vice Presidenjt — 
Secretary, $4,000. 
Messenger, $1,440. 
Telegraph operator, $1,500. 
Telegraph page, $600. 

Office of the Secretary — 

Secretary, $5,396; assistant secretary, $5,000 J 
chef clerk, $3,250; financial clerk, $4,000; principal 
clerk, $3,000; enrolling clerk, $3,000; superintend- 
ent, document room, $3,000; clerk, $2,500; assistant 
financial clerk, $2,400; keeper of stationery, $2,220; 
librarian, $2,220; six clerks, $2,220; five at $2,100 
each; assistant librarian, $2,000; first assistant, doc- 
ument room, $2,000; assistant keeper of stationery, 
$1,800; assistant librarian, $1,800; clerk, $1,800; as- 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 137 

€istant llbrarXan, $1,600; assistant, document room, 
$1,600; clerk, $1,600; assistant, document room, 
$1,440; assistant, document room, $1,440; clerk, 
$1,440; clerk, $1,440; assistant messenger, $1,200; 
skilled laborer, $1,200; assistant, stationery room, 
$1,000; Skilled laborer, $1,000; five laborers at $720 
«ach; skilled laborer, 1,000. 
Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms — 

Sergeant-at-Arms, $5,000; clerk, $2,000; assistant 
doorkeeper, $2,592; acting assistant doorkeeper. 
$2,592; messenger, acting assistant doorkeeper, 
$1,800; messenger, acting assistant doorkeeper, 
$1,800; messenger, acting assistant doorkeeper, 
$1,800; messengers, fifty-two at $1,440 each; store- 
keeper, $1,800; postmaster, $2,250; assistant post- 
master and mail carrier, $2,088; clerk senate post 
office, $1,400; mail carriers, seven, $1,200 each; rid- 
ing page, four at $912.50 each; superintendent of 
folding room, $2,160; assistant, folding room, 
$1,400; clerk, folding room, $1,200; foreman, fold- 
ing room, $1,400; folder, nine, $1,000 each; fourteen, 
$340 each; page, folding room, $600; upholsterer 
ai^cj locksmith, $1,440; carpenter, four, $960 each; 
laborers, thirty-three, $720 each; messengers, fire- 
men and conductors, Senate building from $1,800 
to $800 each; laborers, seven, $720 each; hostlers, 
four, $40 per month each. 

Heating and Ventilating— 

Engineer, $2,160; assistants, four, $1,440 each; 
elevator conductor, eight, $1,200 each; machinist 
and electricran, $1,400, same, $1,200; firemen, three, 
$1,035 each; laborers, six, $720 each. 

Clerks to Senators — 

On additional accommodations for Library of 
Congress, $2,220; messenger, $1,440. 

On agriculture and forestry, $2,220; assistant, 
$1,440; messenger, $1,440. 

On appropriations, $5,000; assistant, $2,220; as- 
sistant, $1,440; messenger, $1,440. 

On audit and control, contingent expenses — nness- 
enger, $1,440. 

On Canad>:an relations, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On census, $2,220; messenger, $1,440. 



138 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLIIiE; BOOK. 

On civil service and retrenchment, $2,220; mess- 
enger, $1,440. 

On claims, $2,220; assistant, $2,000; assistant, 
$1,440; messenger, $900. 

On coast and insular survey, $1,S00; messen- 
ger, $1,440. 

On coast defenses, $2,220; assistant, $1,440. 

On commerce, $2,220; assistant clerk, $1,440; 
messenger, $1,440. 

On conference minority of the Senate, $2,220. 

On corporations organized in D/istrict of Colum- 
bia, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On Cuban relations, $2,220; assistant, $1,440. 

On disposition of useless papers in executive de- 
parts, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On the District of Columbia, $2,220; assistant, 
$1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

Special employee on the District of Columbia, 
$1,800. 

On education and labor, $2,220; assistant, $1,440. 

On public health and national quarantine, $2,220; 
assistant, $1,440. 

On Public lands, $2,220; assistant, $1,440. 

On railroads, $2,220; messenger, $1,440. 

On revision of the laws of the United States, 
$1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On Revolutionary claims, $1,800; messenger, 
$1,440. 

On rules, $2,220; assistant, $1,800. 

On standards, weiights and measures, $1,800; 
messenger, $1,440. 

On territories, $2,220; assistant, $1*440; messen- 
ger, $1,440. 

On trespass on Indian lands, $1,800; messenger, 
$1,440. 

On transportation and sale of meat products, 
$2,220; messenger, $1,440. 

On transportation routes to the seaboard, $1,800; 
messenger, $1,440. 

On University of United States, $2,220; messen- 
ger, $1,440. 

On ventilation and acoustics, $T,800; messenger, 
$1;440. 

On woman suffrage, $2,100; messenger, $1^440. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 13^ 

On engrossed bills, $2,220; messenger, $1,440. 

On enrolled bills, $2,220; assistant clerk, $1,440. 

On examination and disposition of documents, 
$1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On committee to examine the several branches of 
the civil service, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

Clerk and stenographer on finance, $2,500; clerk, 
$2,500; special employee on finance, p. d., $6; mes- 
senger, $1,440. 

On fisheries, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On five civilized tribes of Indians, $2,220; mes- 
senger, $1,440. 

Messenger on Revolutionary claims, $1,440. 

On foreign relatjions, $2,220; assistant, $1,800; 
messenger, $1,440. 

On forest reservations and protection of game, 
$1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On geological survey, $2,220; messenger, $1,440. 

On immigration, $1,800; assis,tant, $1,440; messen- 
ger, $1,440. 

On Indian affairs, $2,220; assistant, $1,440. 

On Indian depredations, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On industrial expositions, $1,800; messenger, 
$1,440. 

On interocean'ic canals, $2,220; assistant, $1,440. 

On interstate commerce, $2,220; assistant, $1,800; 
messenger, $1,440. 

On irrigation, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On judiciary, $2,220; assistant, $1,800; messengert 
$1,440. 

On joint committee on library, $2,220; messenger, 
$1,440. 

On manufactures, $1,800; assistant, $1,440. 

On military affairs, $2,220; assistant, $2,000; as- 
sistant, $1,440; messenger, $900. 

On n^ines and mining, $2,100; messenger, $1,440. 

On Mississippi River and its tributaries, $2,220; 
messenger, $1,440. 

On national banks, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 

On naval affairs, $2,220; assistant, $1,440. 

On organization, conduct and expenditures of the 
executive departments, $2,220; messenger, $1,440. 

On Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, $2,220; assist- 
ant, $1,800; messenger, $1,440. 



140 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

Chaplain, $1,200. 

Office of the Speaker — 

Secretary to Speaker, $4,000; clerk to Speaker's 
table, $3,600; clerk to Speaker, $1,600; messenger 
to Speaker, $1,440.' 

Office of the Clerk — 

Clerk of House, $5,000; chief clerk, $4,000; journal 
clerk, $4,000; reading clerk, $3,600; reading clerk, 
$3,600; tally clerk, $3,000; printing and bill clerk, 
$2,500; disbursing clerk, $2,500; file clerk, $2,750; 
enrolling clerk, $3,000; additional enrolling clerk, 
$1,800; distributing clerk, $2,250; assitsant dis- 
bursing clerk, $2,000; assistant enrolling clerk, 
$2,000; resolution and petition clerk, $2,000; news- 
paper clerk, $2,000; index clerk, $2,000; assistant 
journal clerk, $2,000; assistant to chief clerk, 
$2,000; docket clerk, $2,000; librarian, $1,800; sta- 
tionery clerk, $2,000; superintendent, clerk's docu- 
ment room, $1,800; assistant librarian, $1,600; 
assistant librarian, $1,600; bookkeeper, $1,600; 
clerk, $1,600; clerk, $1,600; clerk, $1,600; clerk, 
$1,600; clerk, $1,600; clerk, $2,000; clerk, $1,600; 
document and bill clerk, $1,600; assistant index 
clerk, $1,500; special employee, clerk's document 
room, $1,500; document clerk, $1,440; assistant, 
disbursing office, $1,600; assistant, clerk's office, 
$1,600; locksmith, $1,200; telegraph operator, $1,400; 
assistant file clerk, $1,500; stenographer to clerk, 
$1,200; assistant telegraoh operator, $1,400; as- 
sistant in charge of bathroom $1,000; messenger, 
file room, $900; assistant, library, $900; assistant, 
doci'ment room, $900 assistant, stationery room, 
$9C0; page, $720; laborer, bathroom, $720; laborer, 
bathroom, $720; laborer, bathroom, $720; laborer, 
$720; laborer, $720; laborer, $720; page, enrolling 
room, $720; messenper to chief clerk, $900; jani- 
tor, Hou^e library, $720; stenographer to journal 
clerk, $900; messenger, disbursing office, $900; 
messenger, disbursing office, $900; janitor, file room, 
$720. 



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Office of the Postmaster — 

Postmaster, $3,000; assistant postmaster, $2,000; 
messenger, twelve, $1,200; laborer, $720. 

Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms — 

Sergeant-at-arms, $5,000; deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, 
$2,500; cashier, $3,000; paying teller, $2,500; book- 
keeper, $2,500; deputy Sergeant-at-Arms in charge 
of repairs, $1,600; pair clerk, $1,600; assistant 
bookkeeper, $1,200; messenger, $1,200; skilled 
laborer, $840; stenographer and typewriter, $720; 
cab inspector, $720. 

Office of Doorkeeper — 

Doorkeeper, $4,500; assistant doorkeeper, $2,500; 
department messenger, $2,250; speciial employe, 
$1,500; special employe, $1,500; clerk, $1,200; jan- 
itor, $1,200; messenger, twenty-five, $1,100; mes- 
senger. Speaker's table, $1,100; laborer, fourteen, 
$720; same, $600; attendant, ladles' retiring room, 
$720. 

Document Room — 

Superintendent, $2,500; assistant, $1,800; clerk, 
$1,400; assistants, eight, $1,200 each; janitor $840; 
special employe, $1,900; laborers, ten, $720 each. 

Folding Room — 

Superintendent, $2,500; clerk, $2,000; clerk, five, 
$1,600 each; foreman, $1,800; messenger, $1,200; 
page, $500; laborer, $720; folders, thirty-two, $800 
each; night watchman, $720; night watchman, 
$720; driver, $600; assistant driver, $600; special 
employe, $1,500! special messenger, $1,200; special 
messenger, $1,200; chief page and pair clerk, 
$1,400; assistant department messenger, $2,000; 
srecial messenger, $1,200; clerk to the minority, 
$2,000; assistant clerk to minority, $1,500; special 
messenger, $1,200; assistant foreman, folding room, 
p. d. $3 laborer, $840; laborer, $840. 

So'Hiers a"d Closk Room — 

Messenger, Soldiers' Roll, fourteen, $1,200 each; 
chfef nage, two, $1,&00, each; cloak room man, 
eloht $50 oer month; same, $60 per month; same, 
$70 pep month. 



142 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK". 

Superintendent of Capitol — 

Chief engineer, $1,700; assistant engineer, three, 
$1,200 each; machinist, $1,200; electrician, $1,200; 
conductor of elevator, six, $1,200 each; laborer, 
two, $820 each; firemen, five, $900 each; laborer, 
$1,000; laborer, three, $720 each; attendant. Li- 
brary Portion of Capital, two, $1,500 each; watch- 
man, $900. 

Official Reporters and Stenographers — 

Official reporter, six, $5,000 each; assistant offi- 
cial reporter, $1,200; official stenographer, four, 
$5,000 each; assistant stenographer, $1,600. 

U. S. Botanic Gardens — 

Superintendent, $1,800; assistant, $1,200; assist- 
ant, two, $900. 

U. S. Capitol Police — • 

Captain, $1,600; lieutenant, three, $1,200; pri- 
vate, thirty, $1,100; thirty, $960; watchman, nine, 
$900. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 



Librarian, $6,000. 
Chief assistant, $4,000. 
Chief clerk, $2,500. 
Secretary, $1,800. 
Stenographers, superintendents 



Stenographers, superintendents, messengers, etc., 
ranging from $3,000 to $360. 

Copyright Department — 
Register, $3,000. 
Chief clerk, $2,000, 
Chief of application diversion, $2,000. 
Scores of clerks and messengers, $1,400 to $720. 

Library Building and Grounds — 
Superintendent, $5,000. 

Chief clerk, $2,000. 

Clerk, $1,600; clerk, $1,400 and clerk, $1,000. 

Captain of the watch, $1,400. 

Lieutenant of the watch, $1,000 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 143 

Watchman, painters, messengers, telegraph operar 
tors, etc., from $800 to $480. 

Chief cataloque division, $3,000; assistant, five 
$1,800; assistant, seven, $1,500; assistant, six, 
$1,400; assistant, twelve, $1,200; assistant, six, 
$1,000; assistant, fourteen, $900; assistant, four, 
$800; assistant, thirteen, $720; assistant, three, 
$600; assistant, ten, $540; assistant, four, $480. 

IVIessenger, six, $360. 

Chief or order division, $2,500. 

Assistant, three, $900; assistant, two, $720; 
assistant, two, $600. 

Messenger, two, $360^ 

Chief of periodical divisios, $2,000. 

Assistant, $1,500; two, $900; assistant, five, $720; 
messenger, two, $360. 

Chief of division of Bibliography, $3,000. 

Assistant, $1,200; assistant, two, $900; stenogra- 
pher, $900; assistant, $720; messenger, $360. 

Chief of maps and charts division, $3,000. 

Assistant, $1,200; assistant, two, $900; mes- 
senger, $360. 

Chief of music division, $2,000. 

Assistant, $1,400; assistant, $1,000; assistant^ 
two, $720; messenger, $360. 

Custodian of Congressional reference library, 
$1,500. 

Assistant, $1,200; assistant, $900; assistant, $720; 
messenger, two, $360, 

Chief or document division, $3,000. 

Asdiistant, $1,200; senographer, $900; assistant, 
$720; messenger, $360. 

Chief of prints division, $2,000. 

Assistant, two, $900; messenger, $360. 

Cutodian Smithonian Deposit,, $1,500. 

Assistant, $1,200; assistant, $720; messenger^ 
$360. 

Chief of manuscript division, $3,000. 

Assistant, $1,500; assistant, $900; messenger, 
$360. 

Assistant of binding division, $1,200; assistant, 
$900; messenger, $360. 



144 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

In charge of mail and supply, $1,500; same» 
$900; messenger boy, $360; attendant, $720. 

Attendant of stamping, etc., $720. 

Cusotdian of Law Library, $2,500. 

Assistant, $1,500; assistant, two, $1,400; mes- 
senger, $900. 

Attendant, two, $480. 

Check boy, two, $360. 

Charwoman, forty-five, $240. 

Chief engineer, $1,500. 

Electrician, $1,500; assistant, $t,000. 

Assistant, $1,200; assistant, three, $1,000. 

Machinist, $1,CC0; $900. 

Wireman, three, $900. 

Plumber, $900. 

Elevator conductor, three, $720. 

Fireman, nine, $720 

Skilled laborer, five, $720 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

(The entire enrollment of positions and offices 
herewith given are alsolutely free from any merit 
restrictions.) 

Commissioners, two civilians and one military, 
$5,000 each. 

Secretary, $2,160. 

Asst. secretary, two, $1,200. 

Distr'xt attorney, $5,000. 

Assistants, one at $2,300; one at $2,100, and two 
at $2,000 each. 

Marshal, $5,000. 

One deputy, $2,750; one at $2,000. 

Five Justices of the Peace, $2,500 each. 
Court of Claims: — 

Chief Justice, $6,500. 

Four judges at $6,000 each. 

Sealer of weights, $2,500; assistants, $1,200 and 
$900; clerk, $1,000; laborer, $480. 

Market Master — Two at $1,200 each; one at $900 
and one at $600; assistant, $540; laborers, four 
at from $720 to $240; watchman, $480. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 145 

Inspectors — Two at $1,200 each; eleven at from 
$1,600 to $750; inspector of asphalt, $2,400; assist- 
ant, $1,500; clerk, $750; skilled laborers, two at 
$600 each. 

Stables — Superintendent, $1,950; blacksmith, 
watchman, drivers, $975 to $630 each. 

Street extensions — Assistant engineer, $2,200; 
draftsman, $1,350. 

Coroner, $1,800; deputy, $650; morgue master, 
$720; assistant, $480. 

Insurance — Superintendent, $3,000; examiner, 
$1,500; statis,tician, $1,400; clerk, $1,000. 

Plumbing — Inspector, $2,000; assistant, six at 
$1,000 each; inspector of gas fitting, $1,000; drafts- 
man, $1,200; examining board, five at $300 each. 

Assessors Office — Inspector personal tax, $1,200; 
clerk, $1,000; assistant assessor, $2,000; clerk, 
$1,200; license clerk, $1,200; clerk, $1,000; drafts- 
man, $1,200; assistant license inspector, $1,000; 
clerk, two, at $1,200 each; assessment clerk, $1,700; 
assessors, $4,000; clerks, four at $1,200 to $900 
each; Inspector of license, $1,200; clerks, five, 
$^400 to $1,200; assistant assessor, $300; messen- 
ger, $600; inspector of personal tax, $1,200; six, 
$1,500 to $1,200; assistant assessor, $3,000; clerks, 
four, $1,400 to $1,200 each; assistant assessor, 
$3,000; clerk, $1,400; messenger, $600; cler^, $1,000; 
assistant assessor, two, $3,000 and $2,000; clerks, 
five, $1,400 to $900; assistant assessor, $3,000; clerk, 
five, $2,000 to $2.50 per diem each; inspector of 
personal tax, $1,200. 

Corporation counsel, $4,000; assistant, $2,000; 
assistant, three, $3,000 to $1,200 each; law clerk, 
$1,600; stenographer. 

Collector of taxes — Collector, $4,000; deputy, 
$1,800; cashier, $1,800; bookkeeper, $1,600; assist- 
ant cashier, $1,400; entry clerk, two at $1,400 and 
two at $1,200: bank messenger, $1,200; coupon/ 
clerk, two at $900 each; bafllff, $5 per diem, mes- 
senger, $600. 

Auditor, $3,600; chief clerk, bookkeeper, $1,800; 
clerks, one at $1,600; four at $1,400; three at 
$1,200; four at $1,000; two at $800; messenger, 
$600. 



146 OFFICE BEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Engineer Department — Chief clerk, $1,900, clerk^ 
$1,800; clerk, $1,600; clerk, $1,400; clerk, $1,330; 
clerk, $1,200; messenger, two $540; permit clerk, 
$1,400; assistant, $900; index clerk, $750; superin- 
tendent of parks, $1,300; assistant, $1,000; foreman, 
$1,050; foremen, four, $900; clerk, $750; engineer 
of highways, $3,000; inspector, $7 per diem, engin- 
eer of bridges, $2,100; superintendent of stleets, 
$2,000; superintendent of roads, $2,000; assistant 
engineer, two, $1,800 each, assistant engineer, 
$1,600; assistant engllneer, two at $5 per diemj 
clerk, $1,500; inspector, $1,500; assistant engineer, 
two at $1,500; two at $1,500; clerk, $125 per month; 
clerk, $1,400; inspectors, three, $4.50 per diem; 
assistant engineer, $1,350; draftsman, $1,350; drafts- 
man, $1,350; draftsman, two foremen, eight inspec- 
tors, $4 per diem; assistant engineer, transitman, 
clerk, eight foremen, two inspectors, draftsmen, 
clerk, inspector of streets, two as(?:stant inspectors, 
transitman and foreman, $1,200 each; sub-foremen, 
three, $1,050 each; chainman and rodman, $780 
each; chainman, $650, bridgekeepers, assistant and 
clerk, $600 each; messenger, $540; superintendent 
of sewers, $3,000; assistant engineer, $2,100; assist- 
ant engineer, $1,800; three assistant engineers, 
$1,500; inspector, $1,300; general inspector, $1,200; 
inspector of sewers, $1,500; clerk, $1,500; three 
clerks, $1,200 each; two clerks, $1,000 each, drafts- 
man, $1,200 and $1,005 each; three levelers, $1,200 
each; five rodmen, $780 each; eleven chainmen, 
$650 each; steam engineer, one at $1,200 and two 
at $1,050; three firemen at $875 each; four fore- 
men at S1,200, and six at $900 each; two messen- 
gers, $540 each. 

Water Department — Superintendent, $3,000; as- 
sistant engineer, $1,800; ch^ef steam engineer, 
$1,750 clerk, draftsman and foreman, $1,500 each; 
assistant engineer and clerk, $1,350 each; assist- 
ant foreman, $1,275; two clerks, assistant foreman, 
leveler, machinist, nspector, assistant foreman, 
$1,200 each; steam engineer, two at $1,100 each; 
steam engineer, blacksmith, and plumber, $1,050 
each; clerk, $1,000; machinist, two at $975 each; 
rodman, timekeeper, storekeeper, janitor and assist- 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 147 

ant foreman, $900 each; three assistant steam en- 
gineers, $875; assistant storekeeper, calker, driver 
watchman, three oilers and messenger, $700 to 
$540 each; water registrar, $1,800; clerk, $1,500; 
clerk, $1,000; two Inspectors, $900; eight inspectors, 
$900; two tappers at $900; nine inspectors at $800; 
m.essenger, $600. 

Surveyors Office — Surveyors, $3,000; asslstant- 
ant, $1,800; clerk, $1,500; assistant engineer, $1,500; 
clerk, $1,500; computer, $1,200; inspector, drafts- 
man and clerk, $975 each; draftsman, $900; rod- 
man, $825; three chainmen, $700; two chainmen, 
$650. 

Inspector of Buildings — Inspector, $2,750; assist- 
ant, $1,600; computer, two, $1,500 each; four assist- 
ant inspectors, superintendent of construction, 
$1,200; assistant inspector, four, $1,000; clerk, three, 
$900; messenger, $480; three assistant inspectors, 
$1,000; five at $4 per diem; draftsmen, $1,400; tele- 
phone operator, two, $600 each; six at $540 each; 
storekeeper, $875; two laborers, $540 each and two 
at $400 each. 

Electrical Department— Electrical engineer, 
$2,500; inspector, two, $1,800; superintendent, 
$1,600; inspector, $1,350; electrician, $1,200; elec- 
trical inspector, two, $1,200, clerk, two, $1,125; 
clerk, $1,050; clerk $750; draftsman, $1,000; cable 
splider, $1,200; telegraph operator, three, $1,000; 
expert repair man, $960; inspector, three, $900; 
repair man, four, $720 assistant, etc., three, $620. 

Health Department — Health officer, $3,500; 
deputy, chief clerk, $2,200 each; deputy chief in- 
spector, $1,800; chemist, $1,800; poundmaster, 
$1,500; clerk, $1,400; clerk, five, $1,200 each; clerk, 
*v.'o, $1,000 and three at $900; laborers, four, $40 
per month; messenger, $600. 

Street Cleaning — Superintendent, $2,500; assist- 
ant, $1,600; chief clerk, $1,500; clerk, $1,200; clerk, 
$1,000; chief inspector, $1,200; twelve inspectors, 
$1,200 each; nine, $1,100 each; superintendent of 
stables, $1,005; weigh clerk, $950; inspector, $1,100; 
four, $900; dump foremen, blacksmlith. $900 each; 
foremen of repairs, $1,000; inspector, $900; mechan- 



148 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Ics helper, $600; messenger, $600; hostler, $550; 
eight dumpmen, $480 each. 

Clerk, one at $1,500; one at $1,400; three at 
ft,200. 

Veterinary surgeon, jan^itor, $1,200 each. 

Steam engineer, $900 each. 

Fireman, three, $480 each. 

Elevator operator, two, $360. 

Messenger and two watchmen, $480. 

Laborer, two, $600 each. 

Messenger driver, stenographer, $600 each'. 

Property clerk, $2,000. 

Deputy, $1,600. 

Inspector of fuel, $1,500. 

Clerk, six, $1,200 each. 

Inspector of material, $1,200. 

Asst. inspector of fuel, $1,100. 

Property yard keeper, two, $1,000. 

Inspector of property, $936. 

Clerk, six, from $720 to $900 each. 

Messenger and two clerks, $600 eachw 

Driver and clerk, $480 each. 



EXPIRATION OF SERVICE IN DIPLOMAT- 
IC SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES. 

Argentina, John W. Garrett, E. E. «& M. P (Md.) 

ap't'd. Dec. 14, 1911. 
Austria-Hungary, Richard C. Kerens, Amb. E. & P. 

(Mo.) ap't'd. Dec. 21, 1909. 
Belgium, Larz Anderson, E. E. & M. P. (D. C.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Bolivia, Horace G. Knowles, E. E. & M. P. (Del.) 

ap't'd. June 24, 1910. 
Brazil, Edwin V. Morgan, Amb. E. & P. (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. Jan. 18, 1912. 
Bulgaria, John B. Jackson, E. E. & M. P. (N J.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 1p, 1911. 
Chile, Henry P. Fletcher, E. E & M. P. (Pa.) ap't'd. 

Dec. 21, 1909. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK 149 

China, William James Calhoun, E E. & M. P. 

(111.) ap't'd. Dec. 21, 1909. 
Colombia, James T. DuBois, E. E & M. P. (Pa.) 

apTd. Aug 21,. 1911. 
Costa Rica, Lewis Einstein, E E. & M. P. (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. July 6, 1911. 
Cuba, Arthur M. Beaupre, E. E. & M. P. (III.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Denmark, Maurice Francis Egan, E. E. & M. P. 

(D. C.) ap't'd. June 10, 1907. 
Dominican Republic, William W Russell, E. E. & 

M. P. (D. C.) ap't'd. July 6, 1911. 
France, Myron T. Herrick, Amb. E. & P (Ohio.) 

ap't'd. Feb. 15, 1912. 
German Empire, John G. A. Leishman, Amb. E & 

P. (Pa.) ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Great Britain, Whitelaw Reid, Amb. E «& P. (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. March 8, 1905 (dead). 
Greece, Jacob Gould Schurman, E. E. & M. P. 

(N Y.) ap't'd. Aug. 16, 1912. 
Guatemala, R. S. Reynolds HItt, E. E. & M. P. 

(III.) ap't'd. Sept. 17, 1910. 
Haiti, Henry W. Furniss, E. E. & M. P. (Ind.) 

ap't'd. Nov. 23, 1905. 
Honduras, Charles Dunning White, E. E. & M. P. 

(N. J.) ap't'd. July 6, 1911. 

Italy, Thomas J. O Brien, Amb. E. & P. (Mich.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Japan, Charles Page Bryan, Amb E. & P. (III.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, (911. 
Liberia, William D. Crum, Minister Resident & 

C. G. (S. C.) ap't'd. June 13, 1910. 
Luxembourgh, Lloyd Bryce, E. E. & M. P. (N. Y ) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Mexico, Henry Lane Wilson, Amb. E. & P. (Wash.) 

ap't'd. Dec. 21, 1909. 
Montenegro, Jacob Gould Schurman, E. E. & M. P. 

(N. Y.) ap't'd. Aug. 16, 1912 
Netherlands, Lloyd Bryce, E E. & M. P. (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Nicaragua, George T. Weitzel, E. E. «S, IVI. P 

(Mo.) ap't'd. Dec. 21, 1911. 



3:50 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOE. 

Norway, Laurits S. Swenson, E. E & M. P. (Minn*) 

ap't'd. April 27, 1911. 
Panama, H. Percival Dodge, E. E. & M. P. (Mass.) 

ap't'd. July 6, 1911. 
Paraguay, Nicolay A. Grevstad, E. E. & M. P. 

(III.) ap't'd. Juno 30, 1911. 
Persia, Charles W. Russell, E. E & M. P. (D. C.) 

ap't'd. Dec. 21, 1909. 
Peru, H. Clay Howard, E. E. & M. P. (Ky.) 

ap't'd. Jan. 18, 1911. 
Portugal, Cyrus E. Woods, E, E. & M. P. (Pa.) 

apVd. Jan. 25, 1912. 
Roumania, John B. Jackson, E. E & M. P. (N. J.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Russia, Curtis Guild, Amb. E. «S, P (IVlass.) ap't'd. 

April 24, 1911. 
Salvador, William Heimke, E. E. & M. P. (Kans.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 5, 1909. 
Servia, John B Jackson, E E. & M. P. (N. J.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 12, 1911. 
Slam, Fred W. Carpenter, E. E. & M. P (Cal.) 

Sept. 12, 1912. 
Spain, Henry Clay Ide, E E. & M P. (Vt.) ap't'd. 

April 1, 1909. 
Sweden, Charles H. Graves E. E. & M. P. (Minn,) 

ap't'd. March 8, 1905. 
Switzerland, Henry S. Boutell, E. E. & M. P. (III.) 

ap't'd. April 24, 1911. 
Turkey, William Woodville Rockhill, Amb. E. & P. 

(D. C.) ap't'd. April 24, 1911. 
Egyptf Peter Augustus Jay, Agt. & C. G. (R I.) 

ap't'd. Dec. 21, 1909. 
Uruguay, Ni'cholay A. Grevstad, E. E. & M. P. 

(III.) ap't'd June 30, 1911. 
Venezuela, Elliott Northcott, E. E. & M P. (W. Va.) 

ap't'd Dec. 21, 1911. 



EXPIRATION OF SERVICE IN CONSULAR 
SERVICE. 

ARGENTINE. 
Buenos Aires, Richard M. Bartleman, C. G., (Mass.) 
ap't'd. J.an. 11, 1909. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 151 

Rosarlo, Robert T. Crane, C^ (Md.) apH'd. Aug. 

19, 1911. 

AUSTRO HUNGARY. 
Budapest, Hungary, Paul Nash, C. G., (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. June 1, 1908. 
Carlsbad, Aurtia, Charles L. Hoover, C, (Mo.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Fiume, Hungary, Samuel H. Shank, C, (Ind.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 20, 1912. 
Prague, Austria, Joseph I. Brittain, C, (Ohio) 

ap't'd. March 30, 1907. 
Reichenberg, Austria, William J. Pike, C, (Pa.) 

ap't'd. June 24, 1910. 
Trieste, Austria, Ralph J. Totten, C, (Tenn.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 23, 1911. 
Vienna, Austria, Charles Denby, C. G., (Ind.) ap't'd. 

May 17, 1909. 

BELGIUM. 
Antwerp, Henry W. Diederich, C. G., (D. C.) ap't'd. 

June 22, 1906. 
Brussels, Ethelbert Watts, C. G., (Pa.) ap't^d. 

April, 25, 1907. 
Ghent, Henry Abert Johnson, C, (D. C.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 19, 1911. 
Liege, Alexander Heingartner, C, (Ohio) ap't'd. 

Aug. 19, 1911. 

BRAZIL. 
Bahia, David R. Birch, C, (Pa.) ap't'd. Aug. 22, 

1912. 
Para, George H. Plckerell, C, (Ohio) ap't'd. May 

29, 1906. 
Pernambuco, P. Merrill Griffith, C, (Ohio) ap't'd. 

Jan. 10, 1910. 
Rio de Janeiro, Julius G. Lay, C. G., (D. C.) ap't'd. 

May, 2, 1910. 
Santos, Jay White, C, (Mich.) ap't'd. Aug. 27, 

1909. 

CHILI 
Inquique, Percival Gassett, C, (D. C.) ap't'd. April 

15, 1912. 
Punta Arenas, Charles L. Latham, C, (N. C.) 

ap't'd. Aufi. 19, 1911. 



152 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK;. 

Valparaiso, Alfred A. Winslow, C , (Ind.) ap't'd. 
June 22, 1906. 

CHINA. 
Amoy, Lester Maynard, C, (Cal.) ap't'd. Aug. 20, 

1912. 
Antung, Adolph A. Williamson, C, (D. C.) ap't'd, 

Aug. 19, 1911. 
Canton, Fleming D. Cheshire, C. G., (N. Y.) 

ap't'd, Aug. 22, 1912. 
Chefoo,* Julean H. Arnold, C.C, (Cal.) ap't'd. 

March 8, 1912. 
Chunging, E. Carleton Baker, C, (Cal.) ap't'd Aug. 

19, 1911. 
Foochow, John Folwer, C, (Mass.) ap't'd. March 

13, 1912. 
Hankow, Roger S Greene, C. G., (Mass.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 19, 1911. 
Harbin, Southard P. Warner, C, (Md.) ap't'd. 

June 2, 1909. 
Mukden, Fred D. Fisher, C G., (Oreg.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 27, 1909. 
Nanking, Charles D. Tenney, C, (Mass.) ap't'd. 

March 13, 1912. 
Newchwang, William P Kent, C, (Va.) ap't'd. 

May 2, 1910. 
Shanghai, Amos P. Wilder, C. G., (Wis.) ap't'd. 

May 17, 1909 

1909. 
Swatow, Charles L. L. Williams, C, (Ohio) ap't'd. 

June 24, 1910. 
Tientsin, Samuel S. Knabenshue, C. G., (Ohio) 
ap't'd. Aug. 27, 1909, 

COLOMBIA. 
Barranqu'illa, Isaac A. Manning, C, (Ore.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 19, 1911. 
Cartagena, Graham H. Kemper, C, (Ky.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 19, 1911. 

COSTA RICA. 
Port LImon, Chester Donaldson, C, (N. Y ) 

ap't'd. Nov. 25, 1905. 
San Jose, Samuel T. Lee, C, (Mich.) ap't'd. May 

31, 1909 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 153 

CUBA. 
Cienfueaos, Max J. Baehr, C, (Nebp.) ap't'd. June 

6, 1902. 
Habana, James Linn Rodgers, C. G., (Ohio) ap't'd. 

Aplrl 15, 1907. 
Santiago de Cubg, Ross E. Holaday, C, (Ohio) 

ap't'd. June 6, 1902. 

DENMARK AND DOMINION. 
Copenhagen, Edward D. Winslow, C. G., (III.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
St. Thomas, West Indies, Christopher H. Payne, 

C, (W. Va.) ap't'd. May 1, 1903. 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 
Puerto Plata, Charles M. Hathaway, jr, CC. (Pa.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
Santo Domingo, Charles B. Curtis, C. G., (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. Feb. 1, 1912. 

EQUADOR. 
Guayaquil, Herman R. Dietrich, C. G., (Md.) 
ap't'd. April 2, 1903. 

FRANCE AND DOMINIONS. 
Bordeaux, Alfred K. Moe, C, (N. J.) ap't'd. March 

3, 1909. 
Calais, James B Milner, C, (Ind.) ap't'd. March 

1, 1898. 
Havre, John Ball Osborne, C, (Pa.) ap't'd. Aug. 

22, 1912. 
Lyon, Carl Bailey Hurst, C, (D. C.) ap't'd. Dec. 

14, 1910 
Marseille, Alphonse Gaulin, C. G., (R. I.) ap't'd. 

May, 31, 1909. 
Nantes, Louis Golschmidt, C, (N H.) ap't'd. 

Oct. 13, 1904. * * 

Paris, Frank H. Mason, C. G, (Ohio) ap't'd. 

March 8, 1905. 
Reims, William Bardee, C. C, (N. Y.) ap't'd- June 

10, 1908. 

GERMAN EMPIRE. 
Alx la Chapelle, Prussia, Pendleton King, C, (N. C.) 

ao't'd. Dec. 12, 1905. * 
Apia, Samog, Mason Mitchell, C, (N. Y.) ap't'd. 

May 1, 1908. 



154 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Barmen, Prussia, George Eugene Eager, C, (III.) 

apn'd. March 29, 1906. 
Berlin, Prussia, Alexander IVI. Tliackara, C. G*, 

(Pa.) ap't'd. IVI arch 13, 1905. 
Bremen, William T Fee, C, (Ohio) ap't'd. June 

22, 1906. 
Chemnitz, Saxoney, Thomas H. Norton, C, (Ohio) 

ap't'd. July 25, 1906. 
Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Frank Dillingham, 0. G. 

(CalJ ap't'd. Jan. 4, 1906. 
Cologne, Prussia, Hiram J. Dunlap, C, (III.) ap't'd. 

March 17, 1905. 
Dresden, Saxony, T. St John Gaffney, C. G., (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. March, 14, 1905. 
Frankfort on the Main, Prussia, Heaton W. Harris, 

C. G., (Ohio) ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Hamburg, Robert P. Skinner, C. G., (Ohio) ap't'd. 

June 10, 1908. 
Hanover, Prussi'a, Albert H. Michelson, C, (Mass.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Kehl, Baden, Milo A. Jewett, C, (Mass.) ap't'd 

Dec. 20, 1911. 
Leipzig, Saxony, Nicholas R. Snyder, C, (Pa.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Mannheim, Baden, William C. Teichmann, C, (Mo.) 

ap't'd. April 9, 1912. 
Munich, Bavaria, Thomas Willing Peters, C. G , 

(D. C.) ap't'd. March 30, 1907. 
Numerberg, Bavaria, George N. Ifft, C, (Idaho) 

ap't'd. Jan. 21, 1909. 
Plauen,* Saxony, Robert Brent Mosher, C, (D. C.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, Edward Higgins, C, 

(Mass.) ap't'd. April 29, 1907. 
Tsingtau, China, James C. McNally, C, (Pa.) 

ap't'd. April 15, 1910. 

GREAT BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS. 
Auckland, New Zealand, William A. Prickitt, G G., 

(N. J.) ap't'd. Nov. 6. 1905. 
Barbados, West Indies, Chester W. Martin, C, 

(Mich.) June 10, 1908. 
Belfast, Ireland, Hunter Sharp, C., <N. C.) ap't'd. 

Dec. 14, 1910. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 155 

Birmingham, England, Albert Halstead, C, (D. C.) 

ap't'd. April 3, 1906. 
Bombay, India, Edward J Norton, C, (Tenn.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Bradford, England, Augustus E. Ingram, C, (Cat.) 

ap't'd. June 2, 1909. 
Burslem (Stoke-on-Trent), England, Robert S. S. 

Bergh, C, (N. Dak.) ap't'd. Dec. 20, 1911. 
Calcutta, India, William IVT. Michael, C. G , (Nebr.) 

ap't'd. Nov. 16, 1905. 
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, E. Scott Hotchkiss, C, 

(Wis.) ap't'd. June 28, 1906. 
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Richard Guenther, 

C, G., (Wis.) ap't'd. May 4, 1910. 
Colombo, Ceylon, Charles K. Moser, C, (Va ) 

ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
Dawson, Yukon Territory, George C. Cole, C, 

(W. Va.) ap't'd. June 22, 1906. 
Dublin, Ireland, Edward L. Adams, C, (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. March 1, 1909. 
Dundee, Scotland, E. Haldeman Dennison, C , (Ohio) 

ap't'd. Dec. 19, 1910. 
Dunfermline, Scotland, Howard D.D Van Sant, C, 

(N. J ) ap't'd. Jan. 11, 1910. 
Durban, Natal, Nathaniel B. Stewart, C, (Ga.) 

ap't'd. Dec. 19, 1910. 
Edinburgh, Scotland, Rufus Fleming, C, (Ohio) 

ap't'd. Oct. 5, 1897. 
Fort Erie, Ontario, Horace J Harvey, C, (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. July 1, 1902. 
Georgetown, Guiana, Rea Hanna, C, (Cal.) ap't'd. 

Dec. 20, 1911. 
Glasgow, Scotland, John N McCunn, C, (Wis.) 

ap't'd. Jan. 14, 1908. 
Halifs-x, Nova Scotia, James W. Ragsdale, C. G., 

(Cal.) Aug. 27, 1909. 
Hamilton, Ontario, James M. Shepard, C, (Mich.) 

ap't'd. July 17, 1897. 
Huddersfield, England, Franklin D. Hale, C, (Vt.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Edwin N. Gunsaulus, C, 

(Ohio) ap't'd. June 10, 1908. 
Karachi, India, Stuart K. Lupton, C, (Tenn.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 27, 1909. 



156 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

Kingston, Jannaica, Leo Allen Bergholz, C , (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Liverpool, England, Horace Lee Wasliington, C, 

(D. C.) ap't'd. May 31, 1909. 
London, England, John L. Griffitlis, C. G., (Ind.) 

ap't'd. May 31, 1909. 
Madras, India, Jose de Oiivares, C, (Mo.) ap't'd. 

Jan. 27, 1911. 
Melbourne, Australia, William 0. Magelssen, C, 

(MinnJ ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
Montreal, Quebec, William Harrison Bradley, C. G., 

(III.) ap't'd. Aug. 15, 1907. 
Nassau, N. P., Bahamas, Henry D. Baker, C, (III.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Newcastle, N. S. W., Australia, George B. Klllmas- 

ter, C, (Mich.) ap't'd. Jan. 9, 1908. 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Walter C. Hamm, C, 

(Pa.) ap't'd. Feb. 12, 1912. 
Nottingham, England, Samuel M. Taylor, C, (Ohio) 

ap't'd. May 2, 1910. 
Ottawa, Ontario, John G. Foster, 0. G., (Vt.) ap't'd. 

June 18, 1903. 
Port Antonio, Jamaica, Julius D. Dreher, C, (S. C.) 

ap't'd. June 24, 1910. 
Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, Ernest A. 

Wakefield, C, (Me.) ap't'd. Jan. 11, 1910. 
Quebec, Quebec, Gebhard Willrch, C, (Wis.) ap't'd. 

June 9, 1809. 
Rangoon, India, Maxwell K. Moorhead, C, (Pa.) 

ap't'd. April 15, 1910. 
RImouski, Quebec, Frederick M. Ryder, C, (Conn.) 

ap't'd. June 10, 1908. 
St. John, New Brunswick, Henry S. Culver, C, 

(Ohio) ap't'd. Juno 24, 1910. 
Ssndakan, North Borneo, O. H. Baker, C, (la.) 

ap't'd. June 10, 1908. 
Sheffield, England, Robert J. Thompson, C, (III.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Charles N. Damiels, C, (Conn.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Singapore, Straits Settlements, Edwin S. Cunning- 
ham, C. G., (Tenn.) ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Southampton, England, Albert W. Swalm, C, (Iowa) 

ap't'd. March19, 1909. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 157 

Swansea, Wales, C. Ludlow Livingston, C, (Pa.) 

ap't'd. Jan. 10, 1910. 
Sydney, Australia, John P. Bray, C. G., (N. Dak.) 

ap't'd. June 10, 1908. 
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Charles M. Freeman, C, 

(N. H.) ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
Toronto, Ontario, Robert S. Chilton, C, (D. C.) 

ap't'd. Mar. 10, 1905. 
Trinidad, West Indies, P. Emerson Taylor, C, 

(Nebr.) ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 
Vancouver, British Columbia, David F. Wilber, C. 

G., (N. Y.) ap't'd. Aug. 26, 1910. 
Victoria, British Columbia, Abraham E. Smith, C, 

(III.) ap't'd. July 2, 1897. 
Winnipeg, Maniitoba, John Edward Jones, C. G., 

(D. C.) ap't'd June 10, 1908. 

GREECE. 
Athens, William H. Gale, C. G., (Va.) ap't'd. Jan. 
11, 1910. 

GUATEMALA. 
Guatemala, George A. Bucklin, jr., C. G., (Okla.) 
ap't'd. June 24, 1910. 

HAITI. 
Port au Prince, John B. Torres, C, (N. Y.) ap't'd. 
May 5, 1904. 

ITALY. 
Catania, Alexander W. Weddell, C, (Va.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 22, 1912. 
Florence, Leo J. Keena, C, (M'ich.) ap't'd. Dec. 14, 

1910. 
Genoa, James A. Smith, C. G., (Vt.) ap't'd. June 

10, 1908. 
Leghorn, Frank Deedmeyer, C, (Ala.) ap't'd. Aug. 

19, 1911. 
Milan, Charles M. Caughy, C, (Md.) ap't'd. May 

31 1909 
Naples, William W. Handley, C, (N. Y.) ap't'd. Dec. 

14, 1910. 
Palermo, Hernado de Soto, C, (Cal.) ap't'd. June 

24, 1910. 
Rome, Chapman Coleman, C, (Ky.) ap't'd. June 

10, 1908. 



158 OFFICE SEEKERS ' BLUE BOOK. 

Venice, James Vemep Long, C, (Pa.) ap't'd. Aug. 

2, 1910. 

JAPAN. 
Dalny, Manchuria, Albert W. Pontius, C, (IVlinn.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
Kobe, George N. West, C, (D. C.) ap't'd. Aug. 26, 

1910. 
Nagasaki, Carl F. Deichman, C, (Mo.) ap't'd. May 

31, 1909. 
Seoul, Chosen, George H. Scidnnore, C G., (Wis.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 27, 1909. 
Tansui, Taiwan, Samuel C. Reat, C, (III.) ap't'd. 

May 31, 1909. 
Yokohama, Thomas Sammons, C. G., (Wash.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 27, 1909. 

MEXICO. 
Frontera, Tabasco, Alphonse J. Lespinasse, C, 

(N. Y.) ap't'd. June 10, 1908. 

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Samuel E. Magiil, C , (III.) 

ap't'd. June 10, 1908. 
Monterey, Nuevo Leon, Philip C Hanna, C. G., 

(Iowa) ap't'd. Nov. 1, 1899. 
Progreso, Yucatan, Wilbur T. Gracey, C, (Cal.) 

ap't'd. March 13, 1912. 
Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz,' William W. Canada, C, 

(Ind.) ap't'd. June 7, 1897. 
Tampico, Tanaillpai, Clarence A. Miller, C, (Mo.) 

ap't'd. Jan. 11, 1910. 

MOROCCO. 
Tangier, Maxwell Blake, C G., (Mo.) ap't'd. Dec. 

14, 1910. 

NETHERLANDS AND DOMINIONS. 
Amsterdam, Frank W. Mahin, C, (Iowa) ap't'd. 

May 4, 1910. 
Batavia, Java, Bradstreet S. Rairden, C, (Me.) 

ap't'd. Oct. 10, 1900. 
Rotterdam, . Soren Listoe, C. G., (Minn.) ap't'd 

May 15, 1902. 

NICARAGUA. 
Blueflelds, Arthur J. Clare, C, (D C.) ap't'd. 

Jan. 21, 1911. 
Corinto, James W. Johnson, C, (N. Y.) ap't'd 

Jan. 12, 1909. 
JVIanagua C. 



OFFICE SEEKERS* BLUE BOOK. 159 

NORWAY. 
Christiania, Charles A. Holder, C G., (Colo.) 
ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 

PANAMA. 
Colon, James C. Kellogg, C, (La ) ap't'd. May 

27, 1905. 
Panama, Alban G. Snyder, C. G., (W Va.) ap't'd 

Jan. 11, 1909. 

PERSIA. 
Tabriz, Gordon Paddock, C, (N. Y.) ap't'd. June 

24, 1910. 
Teheran, Craig W. Wadsworth, C. G., (N. Y.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 

PERU 
Callao, William H. Robertson, C. G., (Va.) ap't'd. 

May 2, 1910. 
Iquitos, Stuart J Fuller, C, (Wis.) ap't'd. April 

11, 1912. 

PORTUGAL AND DOMINIONS. 

Lisbon, Will L. Lowrie, C. G., (111.) ap't'd. Aug 
22, 1912. 

Lourenco Marques, East Africa, George A. Cham- 
berlain, C., (N. Mex.) ap't'd. May 31, 1909. 

St. Miichael's, Azores, Edward A. Creevey, C, 
(Conn.) ap't'd. June 10, 1908. 

ROUMANIA. 
Bucharest, Ralph B Strassburger, C. G., (N. Y.) 
ap't'd. Aug. 22, 1912. 

RUSSIA 
Moscow, John H Snodgrass, C. G., (W. Va.) 

ap't'd. May 31, 1909. 
Odessa,' John H. Grout, C, (Mass.) ap't'd. Jan. 

9 1908. 
Riga, William F. Doty, C, (N. J.) ap't'd. June 

24, 1910. 
St. Petersburg, Jacob E. Conner, C, (Iowa) ap't'd. 

Aug. 27, 1909. 
Vladivostok, Siberia, John F Jewell, C, (III.) 

ap't'd. Aug. 19, 1911. 
Warsaw, Thomas E. Heenan, C, (Minn.) ap't'd. 

Jan. 22, 1909. 



160 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 

SALVADOR. 
San Salvador, Thomas Hinckley, C. G., (Da C.) 
ap't'd. Feb, 1, 1912. 

SERVIA. 
Belgrade, Maddin Summers, C, (Tenn.) ap't'd. Dec. 
20, 1911. 

SIAM. 
Bangkok, Sheldon L. Crosby, C. G., (N. Y.) ap't'd. 
Aug. 22, 1912. 

SPAIN AND DOMINIONS. 
Barcelona, Henry H. Morgan, C. G., (La.) ap't'd.) 

May 11, 1910. 
Madrid, Frederick T. F. Dumont, C, (Pa.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 22, 1912. 
Malaga, Robert Frazer, jr., C, (Pa.) ap't'd. Aug. 22, 

1912. 
Seville, Charles S. Winans, C, (Mich.) ap't'd. May 

31, 1909. 

SWEDEN. 
Stockholm, Ernest L. Harris, C. G., (IIL) ap't'd. 

Jan. 20, 1911. 

SWITZERLANt). 
Basel, George Gifford, C, (Me.) ap't'd. Jan. 11, 1884. 
Berne, George Heimrod, C, (Nebr.) ap't'd. May 1, 

1908. 
Geneva, Francis B. Keene, C, (Wis.) ap't'd. Mar. 

23, 1905. 
St. Gall, Dominic I. Murphy, C, (D. C.) ap't'd. Feb. 

18, 1909. 
Zurich, Robert E. Mansfield, C. G., (Ind.) ap't'd. 

Feb. 17, 1909. 

TURKEY AND DOMINIONS. 
Aleppo, Syiiia, Jesse B. Jackson, C, (Ohio) ap't'd. 

June 10, 1908. 
Alexandria, Egypt, Arthur Garrels, C, (Mo.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 22, 1912. 
Beirut, Syria, W. Stanley Hollls, C. G., (Mass.) 

Dec. 19, 1910. 

URUGUAY. 
Montevideo, Frederic W. Godihg, C, (III.) ap't'd. 
Aug. 15, 1907. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 161 

VENEZUELA. 
La Guaira, Thomas W. Voetter, C, (N. Mex.) ap't'd. 
Aug. 19, 1911. 

C. G. — Consul GeneraL 

V. 0. G. — Vice Consul General. 

C. — Consul. 

V. C. — Vice Consul. 



CONSULAR ASSISTANT 

London, Richard Westacott, (Mass.) apTd. Nov. 

21 1898'$1 SOO. 
Smyrna, John W. Dye, (Minn.) ap't'd. July 21, 1906; 

$1,800. 
Paris, Lucien Memmf^nger, (S. C.) ap't'd. Mar. 30, 

1907; $1,600. 
Vancouver, Ozpo C. Gould, (Minn.) ap't'd. Dec. 30, 

1907; $1,400. 
Paris, Bartley F. Yost, (Kans.) ap't'd. June 24, 

1908; $1,400. 
Santo Domingo, Frank Bohr, (Kans.) ap't'd. June 

24, 1908; $1,400. 
Lisbon, Kenneth S. Patton, (Va.) ap't'd. June 24, 

1908; $1,400. 
Washington, Charles LyoTi Chandler, (Mass.) ap't'd. 

Aug. 1, 1908; $1,400. 
Boma, Ross Hazeltine, (Ind.) ap't'd. Mar, 3, 1909; 

$1,200. 
London, Roger Culver Tredwell, (Ind.) ap't'd. Apr. 

14, 1909; $1,200. 
Milan, Charles C. Eroy, (Va.) ap't'd. July 19, 1909; 

$1,200. 
Genoa, James B. Young, (Pa.) ap't'd. July 19, 1909; 

$1,200. 
Almeria, Ripley Wilson, (III.) ap't'd. Jan. 3, 1910; 

$1,000. 
Berlin, DeWitt C. Poole, jr., (III.) ap't'd. Dec. 20, 

1910; $1,000. 
Mexico, Ely E. Palmer, (R. I.) ap't'd. Dec. 20, 1910; 

$1,000. 
Callao, Louis G. Dreyfus, jr., (Cal.) ap't'd. Dec. 20, 

1910; $1,000. 
Berlin, Alfred R. Thomson, (Md.) ap't'd. Mar. 10, 

1911; $1,000. 



162 Oi'T^ICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK 

Yokohama, Hasell H. Dick, (S. C.) ap't'd. Mar. 10, 

1911; $1,000. 
Barcelona, Charles H. Albrecht, (Pa.) ap't'd. July 

12, 1911; $1,000. 
Washington, Hebrert C. Biar, (Ind.) ap't'd. July 

12, 1911; $1,000. 
Naples, John S. Armstrong, jr., (N. C.) ap't'd. July 

12, 1911; $1,0C0. 
London, Tracy Lay, (Ala.) ap't'd. Mar. 12, 1912; 

$1,000. 
Berlin, Harold B. Quarton, (Iowa) ap't'd. Mar. 12, 

1912; $1,000. 
Liverpool, Harry B. Richardson, (Pa.) ap't'd. Mar. 

12, 1912; $1,000. 
Tampico, Thomas H. Bevan, (Md.) ap't'd. Apr. 24, 

1912; $1,000. 
Zurich, Harry A. McBride, (Mich.) ap't'd. Sept. 3, 

1912; $1,000. 
Washington, llo C. Funk, (Colo.) ap't'd. Sept. 3, 

1912; $1,000. 

Interpreters — 

(Promoted from Corps of Student Interpreters.) 
Peking, Willys R. Peck, ap't'd. Nov. 9, 1908; $2,000. 
Canton, Hamilton Butler, ap't'd. Dec. 30, 1910; 

$1,500. 
Chefoo, George C. Hanson, ap't'd. May 13, 1912; 

$1,500. 
Hankow, J. Paul Jameson, ap't'd. Dec. 2, 1911; 

$1,500. 
Mukden, MyrI S. Myers, ap't'd. July 25 1911; 

$1,650. 
Shanghai, Frank W. Hadley, ap't'd. Apr. 9, 1909; 

$2,500. 
Shanghai, Esson M. Gale, ap't'd. Mar. 1, 1911; 

$1,650. 
Shanghai, Nelson T. Johnson, ap't'd. Dec. 2, 1911; 

$1,650. 
Shanghai, Mahlon Fay Perkins, ap't'd. May 13, 1912; 

$1,500. 
Tientsin, Raymond P. Tenney, ap't'd. Oct. 20, 1911; 

$1,500. 
Tokyo, Charles Jonathan Arnell, ap't'd. Sept. 7, 

1909; $3,600. 



OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 163 

Tokyo, John K. Caldwell, ap't'd. Dec. 4, 1909;: 

$2 000> 
Seoul, Edwin L. Neville, ap't'd. Jan. 17, 1912; $1,650. 
Yokohama, Joseph W. Ballantine, ap't'd. June 11, 

1912; $1,650. 
Teheran, Ralph H. Bader, ap't'd. Feb. 8, 1912; 

$1,000. 
Constantinople, Arthur H. Leavitt, ap't'd. Aug. 5, 

1912; $2,000. 
Constantinople, Lewis Heck^ ap't'd. Aug. 26, 1912; 

$1,500. 
Cairo, John L. Binda, ap't'd. Aug. 5, 1912; $1,500. 
Jerusalem, Samuel Edelman, ap't'd. Aug. 26, 1912; 

$1,5C0. 
Constantinople, Gabriel Bie Ravndal, C. G., (8. Dak.) 

ap't'd. Dec. 19, 1910. 
Harput, William W. Masterson, C, (Ky.) ap't'd. 

June 10, 1908. 
Jerusalem, Syria, William Coffin, C, (Ky.) ap't'd. 

June 24, 1910. 
Smyrna, George Norton, C. G., (III.) ap't'd. Aug. 19, 

1911. 



164 OFFICE SEEKERS' BLUE BOOK. 



POPULAR 


VOTE 


FOR 


PRESIDENT, 1912. 


1 Dem. 


Rep. 


1 Prog. 


Soc. 


Pro. 


ISoc.L. 


1 Total. 

I 


Ala. ... 


1 82,438 


9,732 


1 22,680 


3,029 




1 


117,879 


Ariz. . . 


10,324 


3,021 


6,949 


3,163 


'*265 





23,722 


Ark. . . 


68,838 


24,467 


21,673 


8,153 


898 


...,. 


124,029 


Cal. . . . 


283,436 


3,914 


283,610 


79,201 


23,336 




673,497 


Colo. . . 


114,230 


58,380 


72,306 


16,418 


5,063 


"475 


266,872 


Conn. . 


84,614 


68,099 


34,143 


10,078 


2,068 


1,260 


200.262 


Dela. . . 


22,631 


15,998 


8,886 


556 


625 





48,6c,6 


Fla. . . . 


36,417 


4,279 


4,535 


4,808 


1,854 





51,891 


Ga 


93,076 


5,191 


21,980 


1,028 


149 





121,424 


Idaho . 


33,921 


32,810 


25,530 


11,942 







104,203 


Ill 


405,048 


253,593 


386,478 


81,278 


15,710 


4' 06 6 


1,146,173 


Ind. . . . 


281,890 


151,267 


162,007 


36,931 


19,249 


3,x03 


654,447 


Iowa . . 


185,376 


119,811 


161,783 


15,914 


8,437 





491,321 


Kan. . . 


143,670 


74,844 


120,123 


26,807 








365,444 


Ky. . . . 


219,584 


115,512 


102,766 


11,647 


3,233 


956 


453,698 


La. .... 


61,035 


3,834 


9,323 


5,249 







79,441 


Me. . . . 


51,113 


26,545 


48,493 


2,541 


945 




129,637 


Md. . . . 


112,674 


54,956 


57,786 


3,996 


2.244 


"322 


231,978 


Mass. . 


173,408 


155,948 


142,228 


12,616 


2,754 


1,102 


488,056 


Mich. .. 


150,751 


152,244 


214,584 


23.211 


5,934 


1,252 


547,976 


Minn. .. 


106,426 


64,334 


125,856 


27.505 


7,886 


2,212 


334,219 


Miss. .. 


57,227 


1,597 


3,646 


2,062 







64,532 


Mo. ... 


330,746 


207,821 


124,371 


28,466 


5,380 


l',778 


698,652 


Mon. . . 


27,941 


18,512 


22,456 


10,885 








79,794 


Neb. . . 


109,109 


54,348 


72,776 


10,219 


3,419 





249,871 


Nev. . . 


- 7,980 


3,2ia 


5,525 


3,263 








19,978 


N. H... 


34,724 


32.927 


17,794 


1,981 


535 





87,961 


N. J... 


178,289 


88,835 


145,410 


15,901 


2,871 


1,321 


432,627 


N. M... 


20,437 


17,733 


8,347 


2,859 







49,376 


9; I::: 


655,475 


455,428 


390,021 


63,381 


lV,427 


4,251 


1,587,983 


144,507 


29,139 


69,130 


1,025 







243,801 


N. D... 


29,555 


23,090 


25,726 


6,966 


1,243 




86.580 


Ohio .. 


423,152 


277,066 


229,327 


89,930 


11.459 


2',623 


1,103,557 


*Okla. 


119,156 


45,393 


45,393 


42,262 


2,185 





254,389 


Ore. ... 


47,064 


34,673 


37,600 


13,343 


4,360 





137,040 


Penn. .. 


395,619 


273,305 


447,426 


80,915 


19,533 


704 


1,217,502 


R. I.... 


30,412 


27,703 


16,878 


2,049 


616 


236 


77.894 


S. C... 


43,355 


536 


1,2"3 


164 






50.348 


S. D... 


48,942 





58.811 


4,662 


3*916 


'.'.'.'.'. 


116.325 


Tenn. .. 


130,349 


59,434 


53,725 


3,484 


825 




247,817 


Tex. . . 


221,435 


28,913 


26,740 


25,742 


1,738 


"IXi 


305,010 


T^tah .. 


36,579 


42,100 


24,174 


9,023 




509 


112,315 


Ver. . . 


15,354 


23,332 


22,132 


928 


1,095 




62,941 


Va. . . . 


90,332 


23,288 


21,777 


820 


709 


'■'56 


136,976 


Wash. 


86,846 


70,445 


113,698 


40,134 


9,810 


1,872 


322.799 


W. Va. 


113,046 


56,667 


78,977 


15,336 


4,534 





268.560 


Wis. .. 


164,228 


130,695 


62,460 


33,490 


8,586 


527 


399,986 


Wyo. .. 


15,310 


14,560 


9,232 


2,760 


434 





42,296 


Tot 


6,303,063 


3,439,529 


4,168,564 898,119 


203,319 


29,061 


157041,655 


Plur. .. 


2,134,499 














*The vote in Oklahoma for 
g^re-ssive electoral ticket, 90,786, 
lican and Progressive parties. 



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5 


4 


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6 


7 


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